I realized that I am way behind on posting recent podcast episodes, so this week I am catching up!] Krista Leh was kind ...

Books I finished reading (or rereading) in May 2025… The Ending Fire, Saara El-Arifi (fantasy) The Tainted Cup, Robert Jackson Bennett (fantasy) A Deadly Education, Naomi Novik (fantasy) The Last ...

Welcome to the resource page for the free 4 Shifts Protocol (formerly known as trudacot), a discussion protocol intended to help facilitate educator conversations about deeper learning, greater ...

Hey, y’all, I think I have this whole ‘AI in education’ thing figured out. Am I doing this right?

I had a conversation with a parent a few weeks back during which she said something like this: My husband and I are worried about how prevalent screens are in our children’s lives. We are striving to ...

There is a prevailing conception that students must learn facts and procedural knowledge BEFORE they can then engage in so-called ‘higher-order’ thinking skills. Educators, parents, policymakers, ...

I’ve been playing around with ChatGPT from OpenAI. Below are a few prompts and the responses generated by the artificial intelligence (AI) of ChatGPT. Be sure to see the last question below! Your ...

The work of Willard Daggett is HUGE here in Iowa. Dr. Daggett heads the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE). His emphasis on ‘rigor, relevance, and relationships’ is so prevalent ...

G. V. Ramanathan, emeritus professor of mathematics, statistics, and computer science, asks in the Washington Post: How much math do you really need in everyday life? Ask yourself that — and also the ...

Liz Garden, my co-Fellow for the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) Center for Innovative Learning (CIL), and I had a chance to talk with Holly Clark about the use of ...

Julian Vasquez Heilig has a powerful post over at Cloaking Inequity. Here are a few teaser paragraphs: Many of today’s anti-public education activists are not motivated by a desire to improve learning ...

I read some great (and not so great) books in 2023! Here are my top few (and why)… I also read again An Ethic of Excellence by Ron Berger. Ron’s stories of mastery and excellent work stayed with me ...