Ilana Garon

Ilana Garon is a high school English teacher and the author of "Why Do Only White People Get Abducted by Aliens?": Teaching Lessons from the Bronx (Skyhorse, 2013), as well as various articles for The Guardian, Dissent Magazine, Huffington Post, and Education Week. She is excited to have just completed the ING New York City Marathon. Ilana lives and works in New York City.


Articles by Ilana Garon

Memories of Swimming: From B- to A-Meets

Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School (or “JDS” as it was fondly known), the school my three brothers and I ...

Young Jewish Athletes

My brothers and I together attended various Jewish day schools in France, then in Northern Virginia, and in Southern Maryland throughout our ...

The Day School Beginnings of a Marathon Runner

Last weekend I ran the ING New York City Marathon, which was an amazing experience—essentially, a 26.2-mile long party celebrating ...