This summer, thousands of adults are returning to Homer’s The Odyssey. It can be said the renewed interest is due to Christopher Nolan’s adaptation by the same name, which was released in the United States on July 17, 2026. Across generations, people have returned to this epic because it explores ideas that still matter today—identity, […]
Kamye Hugley
Kamye Hugley is a former public school educator and a Public Voices Fellow of The OpEd Project in partnership with the National Black Child Development Institute
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The Hidden Threat in Florida’s new “Vision for Education“
Florida recently became the first state in the nation to adopt The Phoenix Declaration: An American Vision for Education, a statement of principles for education in America by the conservative think tank, The Heritage Foundation. At first glance this manifesto seems harmless; after all, who doesn’t want access to a “high-quality, content-rich education?” On closer examination, however, […]