Tag Archives: Teachers

This was the best education I ever got. “What is your goal for us?” or “what is your goal for the school?” or a variation of those interrogatives are fair questions to be asked of a principal new to her … Continue reading →

Please join me in this post for an annual tradition: the beginning of school playlist! Readers of the blog may remember that,  years ago, my good friend and educational leader Sean Gaillard (author of The Pepper Effect – great reading … Continue reading →

Doing some truly rough math (the only math I know how to do), I am confident in saying that I have written over 500 posts about education over the past nine years. This post officially begins the 10th year of … Continue reading →

In the late May morass, we are likely to forget to acknowledge to ourselves that we have, in fact, changed lives. Late May in schools is rife with many emotions. Teachers and administrators are ready to bid the year farewell … Continue reading →

…for the love of your students, remind them of this, repeat this, tell them this: “You can succeed.” Any way we look at the calendar, we must inevitably reach one conclusion: the calendar is winding down on the school year.  … Continue reading →