April 8, 2023
Improving Hiring and Staffing in a Nation Where Teaching is At Risk (Part I)If Student Success Depends on Teachers, Why is the Selection Process so…
March 25, 2023
How the “System” Forces Schools into Decisions that Harm Struggling StudentsThe “Groundhog Day” Impact of Fear on Staff Mental Health and Job RetentionDear Colleagues,Introduction Groundhog…
January 14, 2023
Ebony and Ivory: Education’s “Racial Divide” Cannot be Crossed Until We Can “Talk Like Friends”Dear Colleagues,Introduction As we—in our nation’s schools and classrooms—enter a New…
December 31, 2022
Reviewing the Educational Challenges of 2022: The Need for Improvement in the Midst of Academic Gaps, Discipline and SEL Problems, School Shootings, and Continued DisproportionalityDear Colleagues,Introduction …
November 26, 2022
How to Create High-Performing, Collaborative Teams of Staff in Schools:No Woman/Man is an IslandDear Colleagues,Introduction Schools are necessarily complex and multi-layered organizations that too often…
June 25, 2022
In Order to Improve. . . Schools Need to Understand How to ImproveSchool Improvement Begins with Principles before Principals: Paying It ForwardDear Colleagues,Introduction In the…
May 14, 2022
Reconceptualizing Professional Development for the Coming School YearMoving Away from Fly-by, “Spray and Pray,” and Awareness-Only TrainingDear Colleagues,Introduction: An SEL Needs Assessment During the past…
January 8, 2022
Educators Need to Deal with Reality by Facing, Analyzing, and then Changing Reality: The Damage Done When We Ignore, Lie About, Misinterpret, Sugar-Coat, or Surrealize RealityDear…
June 26, 2021
Reconsidering or Rejecting Collective Teacher Efficacy and the Acceleration of Students Who are Academically Behind (Part I)Take the Bus, Get Off the BandwagonDear Colleagues,Introduction …
June 5, 2021
Maximizing Meeting Participation and Productivity: Is Everyone “Bringing It” to Your (Virtual or In-Person) Meeting? Why Be There if You’re Not There?Dear Colleagues,Introduction As a…