The Heart of Change
Like many educators, I spend my days teetering between survival mode and trying to successfully navigate all the changes in front of us....
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Nov 13, 2019
Burn the Ships
One of the challenges we face as educators is knowing what to hold onto and what to let go of. This tension applies as much to ideas as...
Aug 22, 2018
Student vs. System
The system should always support the learner, right? And when the system does not support the learner it may be time to rethink the...
Jun 23, 2018
Something Simple that Every Effective Communication has in Common
I was sifting through some e-mails earlier this Summer and an unexpected message popped up from a parent. The parent was going through...
Jun 5, 2017
Rethinking Innovation
I’ll acknowledge the “elephant on the screen” by confirming there’s a large hexagon pictured above. We’ll get to that in a second, but...
Dec 30, 2016
3 Keys to Leading Child-Centered Change
It seems like education is being poked and prodded from nearly every direction. Some of these influences may be helpful, but they get...
Dec 2, 2016
A Story about Risk, Change, and Putting Kids 1st
I know what you're thinking. There are a million books and articles about change, and risk-taking is becoming a buzzword in education....
Jul 1, 2016
My Pastor was Right. Again.
So a funny thing happened a few years ago. I was sitting in church and our pastor at the time, Steve Wiens, started talking about...
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