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Earlier this school year, I was fortunate to spend a day in Arkansas working with early career teachers. Our focus was on establishing a work schedule prior to the start of the school year. It strikes me this morning that fall is a good time for all of us to consider revisiting this important discipline. […]

In a recent edition of his newsletter, author James Clear wrote the following: “Over long time frames, simply staying in the game is impressive. – Health and fitness: Can you stay injury free and not miss workouts? – Wealth and finance: Can you avoid debt and continue to save? – Business: Can you maintain cash […]

So I’m no sommelier — beer and bourbon are more my game when I choose to partake — but I was recently enthralled by a story about wine in Patrick Radden Keefe’s Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels, and Crooks. (Uplifting title, right?) The story that caught my eye was, on its face, quite […]

I just put the final touches on the final draft of the final manuscript of a book I’ve been working on for what seems like eighty years. It’s the one I’ve mentioned a time or two of late — the one on student motivation. Here’s the title, as best we can figure at this stage […]

I was recently with the secondary educators of Cache County, Utah,* on what can only be described as a fine Friday of professional development. These folks were just lovely, especially in light of the fact that I was a guy holding them back from their weekend. In one of the sessions, we were looking at […]