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June 28, 2021 Helping Students Embrace Failure

I have always struggled to accept failure. To be fair though, I think this is a problem most people share. From an early age we’re…

June 25, 2021 Supporting Student SEL in the Fall

The other day I sat down and had lunch with a co-worker. This may not sound like anything extraordinary, but after a year of wearing…

June 23, 2021 5 Lessons Learned from a Challenging School Year

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.” – Aristotle Whew! You made it! What a year it…

June 16, 2021 Pass the Right Test: Measuring Student Development

There’s an old cliché in business that “what gets measured gets managed.” That reality is largely to blame for our overemphasis on standardized…

May 26, 2021 An Open Letter to Teachers

To Whom it May Concern: Congratulations! You’ve made it. You’ve persevered through the most difficult school year of our…

April 30, 2021 Power Standards: Ensuring Student Growth Mindset

I probably don’t have to tell you this, but life as an educator is busy. It feels as though every time I…

April 28, 2021 Why and Why Not: Two Questions at the Heart of Education

During World War I, the death rate from bacterial pneumonia was 18%. In World War II, that number fell to less than 1%,…

April 23, 2021 Using PBL to Lift Student Voices

With everything occurring in our world right now, I find myself asking big questions. Now, I realize many of the questions don’t have…