Author: Paul White

Paul D. White is a Reno resident and career educator whose program "Gangsters-to-Gardeners" won state and national awards. A two-time Educator-of-the-Year, he is the co-author of White's Rules - Saving Our Youth, One Kid at a Time (Random House) and The Stronghold School Student Handbook. He has written for The Washington Post, LA Daily News, LA Times, Education Week, The Ventura County Citizens Journal, Ventura County Star, Reno Gazette Journal, and The Christian Science Monitor.

OPINION: Reno Mayoral Race Is An Easy Choice

October 12, 2022 8:54 amOctober 12, 2022 8:56 am

Eddie Lorton and Hillary Schieve are both running to be the next mayor of Reno. Differences between the two candidates are clear and broad. The election results will shape Reno’s economy and public safety for years to come. The race between challenger Lorton and incumbent Schieve is nonpartisan. Regardless of...

Creating Safe Schools: You’re doing it wrong

June 8, 2022 9:35 amJune 8, 2022 3:05 pm

I waited to write this until the post-Uvalde tidal wave of “How to make schools safer” articles came out. I hoped that at least someone might get it right. They didn’t. Nothing I’ve seen has come close to offering the only solution there is for preventing school violence. There’s a...