David Ruenzel

David Ruenzel is a free-lance writer based in Oakland, Calif.


Pages authored by David Ruenzel

Magazine Department
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Positive Numbers If demographics were a foolproof predictor, students at Ocala Middle School in San Jose, Calif., could expect to perform dismally in math. Although...
Magazine Feature Story
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Crucial Conversations "The first time I really noticed I was black," says Denisha, "was in the second grade, when I transferred into a school where I was no longer in the...
Let's Talk Several years ago, Kinzie School head teacher Maureen Bazel and a visitor fell in stride behind two 4th grade girls involved in a discussion of a...