Main Joy in Journey:Why Educators Must Lead with Heart in Challenging Times 29 Jun 2025 It’s Not Business as Usual in Education It’s a difficult time to be an educator. The entire world seems to be dealing with emotional issues, and as society works through…
Atomic Teaching Habits… Atomic Teaching Habit #10: Be Authentic in Your Classroom 24 Jun 2025 “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson That First Classroom Feeling When I was hired…
Atomic Teaching Habits… Atomic Teaching Habit #9: Reflect Often — The 5-Minute Practice That Transforms Your Teaching 15 Jun 202514 Jun 2025 “We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experience.”— John Dewey My son, Mac, just turned 10 the other day. I can’t believe I’m even typing that…
Atomic Teaching Habits… Atomic Teaching Habit #8: Transform Your Classroom with Goal Setting 14 Jun 202514 Jun 2025 “Begin with the end in mind.” – Stephen Covey Road Trips and Teaching Have One Thing in Common: A Destination I'm planning a summer family road trip that will begin…
Atomic Teaching Habits… Atomic Habit #6: Let Go and Let Students Create 8 Jun 2025 “You can’t discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – André Gide I have three children, and we like to go out to…
Atomic Teaching Habits… Atomic Teaching Habit #1: Just Smile 25 May 2025 I'm sure you've heard a version of the advice given to teachers, "Don't smile unit Christmas." I think a lot of the teachers I encountered in my life followed this…
How to Make a Kid Hate School… A Marker and a Board: Real Education Technology 8 May 2025 A most recent report estimated that the United States education system spends about 41 billion dollars per year on educational technology. Yes. That's Billion with a B. I guess that…
Main Missing The Mark:Forging a New Way Forward in Education 8 May 202514 Jun 2025 Each morning, over 4 million teachers rise and head off to the schools of the United States. I have no doubt that the vast majority of those 4 million teachers…
Main Be different: A Call for Educational Disruption 3 Mar 20253 Mar 2025 "Don't fit in, fit out." Lebron James recently said these words to new superstar teammate Luca Doncic before their first game together. I can't think of a better phrase to…