Dear colleague, During the Ask Me Anything (AMA) livestream that took place on May 3, 2025, I answered the following submitted questions: If you’d like to listen, you can access the replay here! DSJR
Everest Statements in Elementary School?
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 […]