My fascination in the debate about school start times is about watching how large systems, like school districts, respond to the needs of the people they are designed to serve.
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The Value of Questions
Lately, I’ve been observing and thinking about the use of questions in my daily work. I appreciate the power of questions and am trying to employ them more effectively and regularly.
In Search of Local Health Reform Headlines
The headlines tell me that the health care system is constantly changing at the national- and state-level, but my work and my personal interests are rooted in communities.
Mile Markers on the Journey to Better Health
Reforming our health care system is a marathon, not a sprint. I appreciate this metaphor as I remember how it feels to run an actual long-distance race; I ran my first half-marathon last year.
Pathways to Health Professions
Earlier this week I made a familiar drive up Colorado Highway 85 to Fort Lupton. The trip made me nostalgic, as I was meeting with colleagues at Salud Family Health Centers for the umpteenth time.
Health Insurance Matters
Health insurance matters. Health insurance matters for my three friends currently battling cancer and health insurance matters for hundreds of thousands more Coloradans.
The Action is Upstream
My parents met in the romantic setting of a fish packing camp in Togiak, Alaska, where they toiled through 20-hour days during the summer wearing rubber overalls and smelling like fish guts.
Escaping ‘Eyebite Culture’
Online reading is having a direct impact on our ability to concentrate and interpret deeper meanings. The impact of technology on reading got me thinking about working in partnership with communities.
The Hard and Soft Science of Health Systems Change
In my undergraduate years, I studied sociology. As a young adult frustrated by the dysfunction of our world, I immersed myself in theories, trying to understand how groups and societies functioned.
Waiting for Spring
I am an avid gardener, and about this time every year I get a little antsy. The 70-degree days that grace us in late March trick me into thinking that it is safe to plant my tomatoes early.