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Share this article A significant problem in education was amplified during the recent school closures across the country. As teachers ...

Share this article No one does their best work out of compliance or out of obligation.  No one does their best work expecting a rew...

I recently finished reading Peak: Secrets From the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool . One of the things in t...

Growth requires change. And it also requires doing some things that aren't comfortable. We all have thought-patterns and beliefs that...

The focus of traditional education has mostly been on knowledge .  The focus has been on learning more information. But now we have mor...

Whether you're a teacher or a principal, or have another role as an educator, you probably have interactions on a daily basis that in...

I love the energy and intention of the word relentless. There is power in that word. It indicates persistence, perseverance, commitment,...

Did you learn things in your first year of teaching you knew you needed to do differently? Of course you did. If you could do year o...

Students who are in trouble almost always have a good reason for why they did what they did. Sometimes a student will admit fault and tak...

It's been great to see all the posts today for #WorldKindnessDay . It got me thinking about what it means to be kind. I think there ar...

Earlier this month, we hosted a CharacterStrong training in our school. Our presenter was Houston Kraft, CharacterStrong co-founder. He ...

I was taught as a kid that the things that you put into your mind would have an influence on who you are and who you are becoming. Garbag...

I noticed an educator recently who had 'change agent' listed in her Twitter bio. I thought that was cool. I think every teacher, ...

Implementing a program or procedure can result in a certain level of success. But "implementing work" will never achieve the va...