Leading with an Equity Lens

Leading with an Equity Lens

  As educational leaders, be you teachers or administrators, students or citizens, you know that what you do matters far more than what you say, and today is that call to action. We are outraged by the murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and a...
Retire and Renew: Counting Down and Moving On

Retire and Renew: Counting Down and Moving On

About this time of year, some of our colleagues begin counting down to retirement – not in days, weeks, or months – but in Board meetings.  If you are one of these fortunate few, now that it’s November, it may be 7, 14, or (gasp) 28, but in any case, the end of...
Why Educators should Encourage Independent Thinking

Why Educators should Encourage Independent Thinking

The MIT Technology Review (https://www.technologyreview.com/s/506466/given-tablets-but-no-teachers-ethiopian-children-teach-themselves/) reported on an intriguing experiment by the One Laptop Per Child organization.  In Ethiopia, the researchers placed boxes full of...
Stop, Look, and Listen – Parenting for Today’s Kids

Stop, Look, and Listen – Parenting for Today’s Kids

The previous blog warned of the ramifications of overprotective parenting.   However, minimal parenting can also lead to big problems so what is the perfect balance.  An enormous body of research exists on parenting styles and one article I found particularly helpful...
Tips for First Time Administrators

Tips for First Time Administrators

Being a first-year administrator may be an intimidating introduction into the world of education far different from the classroom.  On one hand, you don’t have papers to grade, but on the other hand, you also have no time as your day is a series of meetings, routine...
Student of Our Students: The Importance of Shadowing Students

Student of Our Students: The Importance of Shadowing Students

As educators committed to improving student well-being and performance, we first must understand our students.  The most effective way to be a student of our students is to become a student for a day. One of the greatest professional learnings for our Palo Alto...