When I work with districts on the ideas in #DivergentEDU, communication is one of the most common areas recited as either supporting the...

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My friend, Jaime Donally, and I were out to lunch one day at a nicer restaurant where all the waiters and waitresses wear matching black...

As we begin to focus more on mental health, the advice to practice self-care is popping up more often. Articles and other resources give...

I am a firm believer in blogging to organize my thoughts and create brainspace when I have 1000 ideas and a million thoughts all crowded...

Growing your PLN is one of the most powerful things you can do for your own professional learning. Period. But, I find that people don’t...

When I taught I used to joke about how I wished I would have kept a book all along about putting together words that I never thought I’d...

We are beginning to recognize the value of balance in education. Finally, people are starting to understand that handing yourself over...

I often get asked how I re-engaged back into loving education. And I do love it. Like everyone, I have difficult weeks. Loving what you...

Recently, one of my favorite teachers in the high school approached me about students starting student managed social media accounts for...

I was reading through this guide by the University of Texas at Austin on thinking and teaching divergently and I came across these...

Yes, I know I had the phone the wrong way. 🙂

Tomorrow one of my favorite students ever leaves for the Air Force. He has spent the last couple of summers working for our department....

While going through the editing process for Divergent EDU my editor left me a comment in an area where I alluded to divergent thinkers...

I have been paying special attention lately to what I need to do to be a good leader and in order to do that, I need to reflect on the...

I have a 1-hour commute each day to work. I despise it more than words can describe. It is roughly an additional 10 hours out of my week...

I’ve been the Director of Innovation and Technology for two full years in my district and I’m a few months into my third. When I began my...

I’ve been watching my boys play football since they were eight years old. Actually, before that, if you include flag football. And in all...

I had flown down to St. Louis over the weekend for the #DigCitSummit and my layover in Chicago was met with a pleasant surprise. There...

The idea of divergence is occasionally envisioned as two paths diverging in the wood, perhaps thanks to our friend Robert Frost. However,...