We’ve lived and worked in a landscape scale crisis – COVID 19. No matter where you are in Earth, you’ve been affected. Shutdowns, disinformation, threat of...
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What Makes Us Happy And Why That Matters To Curriculum
Let’s contemplate what makes us happy. In this peer-reviewed article, happiness is distinct from sustainable happiness. Happiness Happiness can be bought, for the moment. It can...
Continue reading...Injustice and Oppression
Maybe it’s time that schools stop teaching fairness. Maybe instead, it’s time to begin teaching this…
Continue reading...Maintenance vs Subversion in Education
This might be the time for subversive curriculum and pedagogy. This is the time when our mission is larger than basic learning.
Continue reading...Readiness to Learn
In my home state, we have readiness standards and supporting standards. You probably have similar categories in your local province or region. If you’re in the...
Continue reading...Empathy Speaks
Actions do the talking. What words speak when you’re walking? Leading with empathy is not merely a feeling – it may not even be a feeling...
Continue reading...Building Walls For What?
Groups tend to grow into organizations. Organizations tend to grow into bureaucracies. Bureaucracies tend to lose their innovative edge. But why? Because of walls. For some...
Continue reading...Blurred Vision
When was the last time you stayed up too late working, reading, or browsing the web? What happened to your eyes? Likely, your vision blurred. Blurred...
Continue reading...Freedom, Reality, Possibility
We’re just short of 20 years since that day in world history where freedom came under attack. What role does freedom have in schools? What are...
Continue reading...End of My Rope
A second grade teacher shared the story about her first year teaching. She was exploring tone and mood in a text, and she mentioned how authors...
Continue reading...Academics vs. Life
First, let me say education is a force for good in every sense of the word. However, academics are a different story. What are your impressions...
Continue reading...Each Versus All
At first glance, they appear so similar: All students will learn at high levels. Each student will learn at a high level. However, this slight difference...
Continue reading...True Costs of Dismissal
What are the true costs of dismissal? You know, the people costs. Take school dismissal. The bell rings. Everyone goes to their assigned duty and students...
Continue reading...Passion Talks
This is a great strategy when you have new hires or when your teams are new to each other. It also works great in a back-to-school...
Continue reading...Teacher Appreciation, 6 Ways of Being
A few years back, I wrote an article Teacher Appreciation is Not One Week of the Year. The premise was simple: Teachers can take control of...
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