No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. – Joseph Addison
Month: April 2018
Superheroic Leadership Vol. 1 No. 18 – Avengers Forever!
Superheroic Leadership Vol. I * No. 18 Avengers Forever! Superheroic Leadership is a light-hearted examination of what superheroic figures have to teach about leadership and what I have learned from their adventures. This past week, acclaimed director James Cameron opined about the upcoming film Avengers: Infinity War “I’m hoping we’ll start getting Avenger fatigue here pretty…
Teach & Serve III, No. 37 – Fail Better
Teach & Serve III, No. 37 – Fail Better April 25, 2018 This is what we are called to do: create conditions around us where failure is okay, where challenge is rewarded, where missing the mark is celebrated as a necessary and critical step towards making it. There is a significant and important thread in…
EduQuote of the Week: April 23 – 29, 2018
Volunteer Week Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more. – H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Teach & Serve III, No. 36 – Look Up In The Sky
Teach & Serve III, No. 36 – Look Up In The Sky April 18, 2018 The question, then, must be why? Why has Superman remained part of American (and world) consciousness for all these years? Why do we still look up in the sky? When I was in the first grade, the day before school…
EduQuote of the Week: April 16 – 22, 2018
Superman Week For a lot of people, Superman is and has always been America’s hero. He stands for what we believe is the best within us: limitless strength tempered by compassion, that can bear adversity and emerge stronger on the other side. He stands for what we all feel we would like to be able…
Superheroic Leadership Vol. 1 No. 17 – 1000 Reasons
Superheroic Leadership Vol. I * No. 17 1000 Reasons Superheroic Leadership is a light-hearted examination of what superheroic figures have to teach about leadership and what I have learned from their adventures. In the last installment of Superheroic Leadership, I wrote about Superman and the classic story “For the Man Who Has Everything.” Perhaps I should…
Teach & Serve III, No. 35 – The Library
Teach & Serve III, No. 35 – The Library April 11, 2018 This week is National Library Week and provides an excellent occasion to revisit a past blog… Our libraries may need to adapt and change. But let us be a bit careful. Batman made me read. This is likely a true statement. I use the…
EduQuote of the Week: April 9 – 15, 2018
Library Week Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest. – Lady Bird Johnson
Teach & Serve III, No. 34 – Just Because Something Works
Teach & Serve III, No. 34 – Just Because Something Works April 4, 2018 Just because what we are doing in our classroom or with our team or on our administrative staffs is working does not mean we should not look to improve it. We should. Just because something works doesn’t mean it can’t be…