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Jun 10, 2022
Your Final Staff Meeting
"This year is bound to be easier." This was my thinking at the start of the school year. I imagine I also believed we'd somehow have...
Dec 1, 2021
Activate Your Literacy Leadership
Knowing what matters most is important. Knowing why it matters and how to make it happen can make or break a student, classroom, or...
May 20, 2021
A Different Way to Think About Learning Loss
It's hard to feel several strong emotions all at once. Excitement. Sadness. Optimism. Regret. Maybe this is why I've cried more this year...
Mar 7, 2021
The Importance of Leadership and Management
I recently had the chance to sit down with George Couros to talk about the intersection of leadership and management on "The Innovator's...
Jan 21, 2021
3 Leadership Instincts that could Fail You
Many people are reeling right now. And when I say, "reeling" what I really mean is struggling, crying, and trying to persevere through...
Dec 17, 2020
Book Access: How It Started
Chances are good you've seen some of the "How it started, How it's going now" photos circulating social media. Some of the images show...
Nov 24, 2020
Rearranging the Room
An interesting thing happens when there are chairs in a room. People tend to sit in them. When all the seats are taken (or there aren't...
Oct 30, 2020
The Thing about Influence
Speed-limit signs are not suggestions. Of course, there are still people who drive much faster or slower than posted speeds. On the other...
Sep 30, 2020
Leading from the Fog
I'm an avid game player. Always have been. When I was growing up, my parents worried that I took board games too seriously. I can't...
Sep 15, 2020
How Much Leadership is Enough?
I was working on a project outside this weekend and had to chuckle to myself about the leadership that's been required from educators...
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