Graduation Speech Regrets
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As we all move forward, may we reflect back on this past year and celebrate the things that matter—relationships, growth, and connection.
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Unicorn Race Car Drivers
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The more time kids spend in school, the less creative they get. There are lots of reasons for that, and none of them I blame on actual teachers. Point to packaged curriculum, high-stakes assessments, pacing guides, blah, blah, blah. Yawn.
Read MoreI Wonder What an Axolotl Sounds Like?
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Mr. Rogers modeled curiosity, and he scaffolded it. (Wow, those sound like teacher words.)
Read MoreThe MCRSD Algorithm
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But if you consider that the first descriptor of our first pillar, Caring Culture, is: "We know our students. From their favorite color to their preferred learning styles, we are in the business of knowing and caring for every one of our students..." That is our commitment to creating a "highly personalized algorithm."
Read MoreLiving In A Gangsta's Paradise
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I wish I had known the impact I was making on him all of those evenings driving home feeling like I had failed. I was using the wrong assessment to judge myself.
Read MoreWhat We Know To Be True Is, Heroin is NOT Cough Medicine
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Here's the thing, if those philosophical truths aren't getting the results promised, or if they are causing stress and attacking your self-efficacy, it's probably time to let go and move on to something else.
Read MorePrettiest Girl in the Choir
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When you are super close to the work it is easy to see the cracks and weaknesses. It's easy to become frustrated with slow progress when you are the one slogging through long days and long weeks.
Read MoreYou Matter
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Joy comes from within. And when you take time to affirm yourself for the difference you make, joy is more likely to surface and begin to pour out.
Read MoreMCRSD Matters
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Burnout becomes more accelerated when we stop feeling that the efforts we make are not worth the impact they get.
Read MoreThe Autonomy of Joy
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But we are living in difficult times, and we are doing difficult work. A collective focus on practicing joy might be a good thing.
Read MoreWhat School Could Be: Chapter 9
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We are on a mission to do something different here. We are re-imagining education. By focusing on inspiring instruction in a safe, supportive, and caring environment, our students will be equipped for the life they dream of.
Read MoreWhat School Could Be: Chapter 7
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It's our job to help kids develop their potential by identifying what interests them, what they are naturally good at, and acquire the skills to get great at it.
Read MoreWhat School Could Be: Chapter 3
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We need to agree about the lengths we will go, the rules we will challenge, the effort we will put into giving our kids experiences that will help them become the people we eventually would want to work with.
Read MoreWhat School Could Be: Chapter 2
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In a very high-level, broad definition, "student agency refers to learning through activities that are meaningful and relevant to learners, driven by their interests, and often self-initiated with appropriate guidance from teachers."
Read MoreWhat School Could Be: Chapter 1
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And so we tinker with the system. Get a little more creative, a little less structured, and a little more woo-woo than other school systems. But is a little enough? Are you willing, able, and motivated to go further?
Read MoreA Lesson From A Night Picker
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It is clear that traditional distance learning methods will continue to put our students behind their peers, making it more difficult for them to compete economically and socially.
Read MoreYou Want Me To Embrace What?
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By learning to welcome uncertainty into your work, you will become more creative and design better solutions than you ever have before.
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