Feb 24, 2020

Educator burnout. It's a real thing. There has been countless studies on burnout. There are a wide variety of books detailing burnout including why we should avoid burnout because we're needed in this profession. Duh. 

If avoiding burnout was as easy as saying, Today I will choose not to get burned out, then we don't...

Feb 17, 2020

What is your reaction when someone calls you biased? If you are like most people, including myself, you probably immediately go on the defensive exclaiming how you are in no way a biased person. Don't worry, you are not alone.

In fact, that is exactly how I felt when I watched a TEDx of the same title of today's...

Feb 10, 2020

It is no secret that I am often critical of elected officials and the meddling they do in education. They often pitch their work as helpful to all, but it is more often than not just a small group in their region or district they are trying to appease. What happens is punishment for all.

Or let's talk education funding....

Feb 3, 2020

Have you ever stopped and considered the language we use everyday? Most of what we say or do becomes such second nature that we never give it a second thought. But maybe we should.

That's what retired submarine Captain L. David Marquet proposes we do in his new book Leadership is Language. He points out that the...