The Post-Truth Classroom
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The Post-Truth Classroom

  The classroom used to be a sacred space.  The teacher was considered the expert who used their knowledge to help guide students, and to occasionally correct them as needed. …
Teachers = Free Agents
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Teachers = Free Agents

  The old rules are gone. Loyalty? Long gone. Waiting for tenure? No longer necessary. In the education world, there is a new reality. It's this: the best teachers are…
Email Templates
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Email Templates

  You just sent out an email notifying families that back to school information is available in the parent portal. Within ten minutes, you have a dozen emails with very…
Rinse and Repeat
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Rinse and Repeat

  Productivity doesn't care what happened yesterday. If you had twenty-five items on your To-Do list yesterday and didn't complete a single one, you don't need to feel bad about…
The Advantage of Fallacies
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The Advantage of Fallacies

  Here’s the thing.  At some point or another, we are all wrong. About something. Maybe a lot of somethings.   And of course, we sometimes cling to our strongly…
You Are Here
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You Are Here

  Ever get stuck standing in the middle of the mall, staring at the directory? The great big YOU ARE HERE star provides a helpful anchor in a sea of…
High Noon
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High Noon

  We've all seen it play out on the silver screen as if it were an epic western at high noon. The stern teacher fighting for control of the classroom.…
The EZ Way Out
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The EZ Way Out

  On my last day of student teaching, my students and cooperating teacher presented me with a gift basket of everything I would need to be a teacher. I was…
5 Takeaways from The SECRET SAUCE
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5 Takeaways from The SECRET SAUCE

  Today marks the fifth anniversary of The SECRET SAUCE: Essential Ingredients for Exceptional Teaching. I’m most proud of this book because it gives a novice teacher everything they need…