There is a reason – and it is a bad one – that the old adage “the squeaky wheel gets the grease” is shared with such regularity: that reason is because the adage is true. A few years ago, I was speaking with a colleague and had one of those moments, a before and after…
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Eduquote of the Week | 10.16.2023
There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind. Mr. Rogers
Teach and Serve | Vol. 9, No. 10 | Edu-Babble | October 11, 2023
In terms of the professional world, no occupation re-writes its jargon with such wild abandon as education. I do not mean adds to its jargon, by-the-way. I mean changes it, reformulates it, restructures it. Though I do not know how one accurately quantifies such things, I am fairly certain I am on the top of…
Eduquote of the Week | 10.9.2023
I don’t want an uneventful and safe life, I prefer an adventurous one. Isabel Allende
Teach and Serve | Vol. 9, No. 9 | 30 Days | October 4, 2023
In my experience, most teachers are idealists. A viral trend among educators this year is to post two photos, one indicating how a teacher felt on September 1st and one showing the wear 30 days on. My own attempt accompanies this post. Seeing so many of these “then and now” shots, I have been struck…
Eduquote of the Week | 10.2.2023
What matters in life is not what happens to you, but what you remember and how you remember it. Gabriel García Márquez
Teach and Serve | Vol. 9, No. 8 | Embrace the Expectation | September 27, 2023
Great teachers and great school leaders embrace the expectations of their position. Let us begin this blog with a statement which, I admit, may or may not be true: It is harder now than ever to be an educational leader. There may have been moments in the past, long before my blip on the timeline…
Eduquote of the Week | 9.25.2023
It is important for all of us to appreciate where we come from and how that history has really shaped us in ways that we might not understand. Sonia Sotomayor
Teach and Serve | Vol. 9, No. 7 | Laughter | September 20, 2023
How often are we wound tightly by the seriousness of our work? How often are we so taken with the gravity of the job that we forget to smile? How often do we suppress the urge to let go? When I first began teaching, I did not laugh with my students much. I thought the…
Eduquote of the Week | 9.18.2023
The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace. Carlos Santana