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When I think about the times in my life I've grown the most or taken next steps or had breakthrough experiences, they almost always hap...

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...

In my previous post , I wrote how failure is not the enemy of improvement. Failure is actually a healthy part of learning and growth. The...

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...

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...

"How did you become a Chicago Cubs fan?" I asked the question to a Cubs fan I was visiting with recently. And I wasn't be...

How do you define student achievement? Is student achievement defined by how students perform on some type of standardized assessment? Wh...

Earlier this week, I was speaking at What Great Educators Do Differently in Houston. It was a fantastic event with a great lineup of insp...

Shouldn't teaching be a creative profession? In my mind, most every profession should have opportunities for creativity. I think huma...

Last Christmas, we decided to add a new Boston Terrier puppy to our family. His name is Rudy. There have been many times over the past mo...

Curiosity might be good for you, and good for your students too, in ways you haven't considered. One of our core values in our scho...

If you want to learn and grow and make a greater impact, it's essential to be a productive risk taker. Not all risks are productive o...

Most people get to a certain level of effectiveness in life, work, relationships, etc. and then just hit cruise control. It's norma...

Daniel Pink wrote about purpose in his best-seller, Drive. He said there are three things that motivate creative people — autonomy, maste...

Strong leaders have strong visions for their schools. They feel a constant tension between how things are and how they could be. And lead...