So many times in education I think we gravitate toward one idea or teaching strategy and hold onto it like it’s the only way to do...

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I am absolutely hooked on the book The Body Keeps Score: Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD. It is...

Because of my upcoming book The Fire Within: Lessons from defeat that have ignited a passion for learning, I am asked a lot about...

The other day I was working with the administrative team at a school district near Chicago. We were dissecting the Hierarchy of Needs for...

My first try at a video blog.

I was in the grocery store the other day and I did something that I very rarely do, I picked up a magazine and read the cover. I’m...

This is a post in the Core Beliefs Series. To read the introductory post, click here. In other words, relationships are the most...

This is the second post in the series. You can find the first post on defining your core beliefs here. There has been a lot of discussion...

A while back, I created a post called What is the point in blogging  where I referenced the development of my core beliefs. Very quickly,...

I have been spending a great deal of my time talking about the mental health of educators and students. Maybe it’s because so much of my...

I was Voxing with my good friend Zac Leonard and we were discussing one of their more recent topics on #EdTechAfterDark: teaching...

In preparing for a keynote, I had come across this video where teachers were asked to write a letter to themselves as a first-year...

Educators are nice people. We are taught to be positive and complementary and to give feedback that people can feel good about. What we...

So many times we talk about teacher engagement in the form of how engrossed they are in their professional learning. However, as I’ve...

This is the fifth installment of the #hierarchyseries. You can find the first post here. Updated 10/9/2019 The purpose of the Hierarchy...

I do absolutely love the #oneword movement. It’s far more than a fad to me. It forces me to choose a focus and a motivation all in one...

When you set a goal, what does that look like for you? Do you write it down? Tell the world on Facebook or Twitter to hold yourself...

This is the fifth post in the #hierarchyseries. You can find the first post here. Updated 10/9/2019 In an effort to support professional...

I have used my blog as a professional outlet, as a way to work through issues and thoughts in a way that has allowed me to grow and...