Ya Gotta Teach Em How to Staple
When I was a student teacher, some twenty odd years ago, One of the teachers I was working with…
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Success
In his most recent book, Keep Going, Austin Kleon defines success as having his days look the way he…
Make Your Mark
September 15ish is International Dot Day, which is a celebration of creativity inspired by the story, The Dot by…
Bad Days
I know that each day won’t go perfectly. I know that there will be days this coming school year…
My Goal for the New School Year
Although you won’t find it in any national or state standards, and it won’t show up on any district…
Bedtime Stories
So many wondrous things start out as usual things. I think this is one of the great misconceptions of…
Kinda Crazy Right
The Wright brothers had trouble selling the idea of the airplane to the US military. Seems kinda crazy, right?…
Check Writing… Check!
The other day, I was listening to two colleagues discussing check writing. One said to the other, “My son…
Deciding Who’s Going to Decide
In Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling rule #12 is, “Discount the 1st thing that comes to mind. And the…
Learning as Exploration & Creation
From humans earliest days, it seems that we were born to explore. Throughout our time on Earth, humans have…