Dear colleague, Recently, one of our colleagues in Saudi Arabia wrote in with the following question: I appreciate that These 6 Things is aimed at [secondary] teachers, but so much of it applies to [elementary] too! Do you have any examples of Everest Statements made by Elementary Teachers that you could share? I haven’t got […]
Two (of Many) Things I’m (Intentionally) Not Good At
Dear colleague, I was discussing teacher stress and burnout the other day with some educationally minded folks, and we arrived at an insight I haven’t written about in awhile. The insight is this: though the teaching workload today is unambiguously stressful and overloaded, much of that stress and overload could be mitigated if we gave […]
Learning Takes Drafts: 13 Years of DSJ (Blog Birthday 
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Dear colleague, 13 years ago I wrote the first article on this blog, which, at the time, was called Teaching the Core. Since then, I’ve written 1,071 blog articles, created 100s of videos, produced half a dozen courses, spoken all around the country and the world, and published two major books that articulate my philosophy […]
Three Levels of MGCs
Dear colleague, Recently, I wrote about the MGC inflection point. I’ve been able to study and work through this thanks to a few Will to Learn partnerships* I’ve made with schools this school year. Another fruit of those partnerships is clarity on what I call the Three Levels of MGCs. As you progress through the […]
What If Students Get Too Personal?
Dear colleague, A fellow teacher wrote in to me some time ago with the following dilemma: My strongest suit is connecting with my students, on an academic level as well as a personal level. My students trust me and come to me with personal problems regularly as they sense that I care about them. I’ve […]