In previous iterations of this blog, I have written about teachers in fiction and film and I have written about teachers in music and on stage. I have wanted to point out that, while culture tends to promulgate the “those who can, do, those who cannot, teach” idiocy, there are hundreds of examples of brilliance…
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Teach & Serve | Vol. 7 | No. 1 – Begin Again: Two Simple Goals
The fall is all but upon us. The new school year is as well. My excitement for the next nine months is real and authentic and genuine and I just used three words that all mean the same thing (hello, West Wing fans). Please read that as how legitimately pumped I am standing on the…
Eduquote of the Week | 8.2.2021
Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be. Grandma Moses
The Vault, No. 23 | You Changed My Life
The Vault presents prior posts from Teach & Serve. You Changed My Life Mid-May in schools is rife with many emotions. Teachers and administrators are ready to bid the year farewell and to get to summer vacation. Mid-May brings with it the promise that an opportunity for rest and recharging is not far away. Certainly…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 40 – The Finish Line (LAST EDITION!)
The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… Last May, in the confusion of a school year that limped to the finish line and felt – in some ways – like it has never actually concluded,…
Eduquote of the Week | 5.24.2021
If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello. Paul Choelho
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 39 – Play It Again
The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… The end of the year is weeks away. That will truly be time to slow down. Of all the messages I wanted to embrace from the playlist this…
Eduquote of the Week | 5.17.2021
Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one. Bruce Lee
The Vault, No. 22 | You Can Succeed
The Vault presents prior posts from Teach & Serve. You Can Succeed Any way we look at the calendar, we must inevitably reach one conclusion: things are winding down on the school year. It is a time of anticipation. A break is coming. We can almost taste it. But it can be a time of…
Teach & Serve | Vol. 6 | No. 38 – Family Business
The Journal presents my weekly reflections on being a private, Catholic school principal during what promises to be a year filled with energy, excitement, challenges and possibilities… I can imagine how many lives my son has already inspired in his 3 years as a teacher. I can imagine how many students my grandmother taught in…