April 29, 2023
New Teacher Induction and “Tenure with Teeth”:Improving Hiring and Staffing in a Nation Where Teaching is At Risk (Part II)[To listen to a synopsis and…
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…
February 25, 2023
Solutions for Selectively Mute Students and Educators:The Long-Term Adverse Educational Effects When Inappropriate Behavior is IgnoredDear Colleagues,Introduction During a recent elementary school consultation, a building-level…
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…
December 4, 2021
Will the Controversy Over Critical Race Theory Damage Students’ Pursuit to Better Understand Cultural, Racial, and Individual Differences?Is Our Nation At-Risk. . . for Different…
November 20, 2021
What Do Race, Reading, Billy Joel, and Jeopardy Have in Common with our Nation’s Students?They are All Putting our Nation’s Students At-RiskDear Colleagues,Introduction Last week,…