Leadership. Culture. Learner Empowerment.

The picture above is me on my radical BMX bike circa 1985. I'll get back to my bike in a minute, but first I want to share a quick story from school this year. Earlier this year, one of our kindergarten students walked into our school with something taped to her jacket. Upon closer examination, I discovered she was wearing a note from her parent. The note basically explained some bus info and provided her parent-contact info so we could talk things through. Our office team us

Our final round video speaks for itself and we can’t wait to hear what you think. Don’t forget to VOTE and please share your booktalk videos at #30SecondBookTalk. Polls close Friday and you can find voting rubrics and other resources to support student engagement with booktalking on my website if you’re interested. Thanks for joining Jenn and I in the fun! If this blog post resonated, you might like my newest book, Reclaiming Our Calling: Hold on to the Heart, Mind, and Hope

I was recently watching a short video featuring a behind-the-scenes look at how the soundtrack for the Greatest Showman came to be. Since this is one of the greatest movie soundtracks of all time, I was immediately drawn to the story. I'll let you draw your own conclusions from the video, but if you don't tear up (at least a little bit) we might not be able to be friends anymore. :) I wanted to share this video because it reminded me of a tension I've noticed in education. Th