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Stuck in Traffic?
There are times when you are sitting in traffic and getting angry at everyone around you for keeping you from getting to where you are going. You can bemoan…
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1,000 Pieces
You open the box, fully expecting victory. Your goal is to tame these thousand pieces into a complete picture. Of course, you’ve done this puzzle before (several years back)…
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The Power of Rehearsal
We live in the world of right now. Need an instant answer? Google it. Want dinner? DoorDash it. Need that new sweater instantly? 1-Click it. You can have everything…
The ROGUE Guide, Revisited
It’s been several years since I first threw down the gauntlet with " The Four O'Clock Faculty: A ROGUE Ruide to Revolutionizing Professional Development ." I called out the…
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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. …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…