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Dear colleague, Perfectionism is a tough topic. There are so many amazing human beings in education who are very much on the perfectionism spectrum. So before I say anything, let me be clear that I’m not picking on anyone or denigrating those of us with a special sense and expectation for excellence. That said, let’s…
Dear colleagues, I came across four parent recommendations the other day from researchers Jonathan Haidt, Will Johnson, and Zach Rausch that I thought were worth sharing in case your role intersects with helping parents in our technological times. In their article “We Don’t Have to Give In to Smartphones” for The New York Times (paywall),…
Dear colleague, In a recent post, I shared this JFK idea that truth is more threatened by myths than by lies. Today I want to share a related thought, not from a notable president, but from a notable Jedi: Mr. Obi Wan Kenobi. In Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (hot take: the best of…
Dear colleague, “I feel like school is pointless.” “I feel like my colleagues don’t respect me.” “I feel like you’re not listening to me.” I feel like we say “I feel like” a lot. I remember a wise mentor who was coaching me to clearer thinking in my twenties giving the following counsel: “From now…
Dear colleague, In June I went on a PD adventure to BC High, an all-boys school in Boston. While I was there, I noticed the JFK Presidential Library was in walking distance and, having time to spare, I made the trip. My favorite takeaways from the library were a couple JFK one-liners. I’ll share one…
Continue Reading “The Full Use of Your Powers Along the Lines of Excellence”
Dear colleague, Sometimes I like to get my students to keep track of the quantity of work they’re doing in my class. As I wrote about in These 6 Things, the first step to improvement in an area like reading or writing or speaking is often quantification: what is our current quantity of work (e.g.,…