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Accountability and Discomfort
I have found a shift over the years since I’ve been in education in whether parents are willing to hold their children accountable for their actions. Maybe this is because…
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Listen to Every Song
Before the days of downloading, Napster, iTunes, and streaming, I had a Walkman. A big yellow one. And every morning before I got on my bus, I had to…
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What’s it for?
In The Practice, Seth Godin writes: We have a meeting at 4:00pm. Okay, what’s it for? Well, we always have this meeting… So the ‘what’s-it-for’ is: It’s easier to…
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1000 Words of Summer
A little while ago, I stumbled across the book 1000 Words: A Writer’s Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round by Jami Attenberg. The book is…
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Build Your Spaceship
I’m rereading The Practice By Seth Godin, and I stumbled upon a piece of critical information that could help us as educators. Seth writes about how NASA engineers plan…
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Gifts: The Importance of a Strength Based Approach
For years in education, we've described students using a deficit based approach. I think back to my classroom days, and each year, my class list would include the number…
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Blessing in Disguise
Everything is a blessing in disguise. Sometimes we don't realize it. Change can come at the most inopportune times. We need to approach Change and recognize the opportunity that…
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Too Much Infinity
Today, I'd like to share a quote from one of my favorite authors, Seth Godin. Seth said "The problem with infinity is there's just too much of it." I…
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TikTok Babies
A few weeks ago, our teachers were meeting with a language arts coach to provide guidance as we implement a new reading and writing curriculum. As I sat with…