Features, Commentary and Contributions

This page covers commentary and contributions I have made to different publications. Pieces that I did not write, but were interviewed for are noted as such. I’m in the process of finding work as a writer, blogger, and commentator; please email me (aconwright@gmail.com) if you are struck by a piece I have written and would like to discuss potential possibilities.

• Radio
  • Featured on NPR affiliate—KPBS San Diego – ‘Dear Black Body’ Essay Contemplates Avoiding Becoming A Statistic. This was an interview about an essay I wrote titled, “Dear Black Body“.
  • Guest on Head on Radio with Bob Kincaid – This was an interview about an article I published in the Huffington Post, titled “What the Bernie Sanders’ Unelectability Argument Says About Black Lives”.
• Education
  • Voice and Choice in the classroom – A blog post I contributed to Education Week
  • In the Wake of Ferguson, Where Are Standards for Equity? – A blog post I contributed to Education Week
  • ADHD and the War Against Boredom – A blog I contributed to Education Week
  • New Teachers, New Focus – Not written by me. This article was also published in EVO magazine, a Green Schoolhouse Series publication. I was interviewed about the subject matter.
  • San Diego’s High Tech High Competing For President Obama – Not written by me. I can’t remember being interviewed for this article, but it seems that I contributed a sentence or two at the bottom.
  • High Tech, Higher Learning: A School Grows Its Own Teachers – I did not write this. I was interviewed by Edutopia about my experience being a student at High Tech High, graduating, and going through the High Tech High credentialing program to become a teacher.
  • Choice and Diversity: Irreconcilable Differences? – I did not write this, but I was quoted in the paper.  It’s a great piece on the power of integration.
• Gun Rights
  • Asking questions on gun control – A short opinion piece for San Diego Uptown News.