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Category Archives: Leadership
Gratitude Past Due: Lessons on Culture… People… Determination
I often find myself awake in the early morning hours in front of a flickering screen searching for words to describe how I feel about micro-conversations in which we share, chat, discuss, and, with some predictability, argue about all things education … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Leadership, school culture, social story, Uncategorized
Tagged 21st century learning, kindergarten, lifelong learning, mentorship, twitter
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The “K Playbook”: Professional Learning for a Lifetime
A mentor once said to me that he had never seen a kindergartener arrive at school with the idea that he or she was not a learner. During my professional years spent as an elementary principal, I cherished the opportunity … Continue reading
#WhatIWrite: A National Day of Giving Voice to Learners and Educators
I write to feel, to think, to live, to connect, to make sense, to communicate. Why I write and what I write cannot exist separate from each other. What I write at work remains pretty basic; responding to what often … Continue reading
World Peace Game: No Standard Problems – or Solutions
This past week, I had the opportunity to travel by bus to the Pentagon with John Hunter, career teacher and creator of the World Peace Game, twenty-three of the latest crop of 4th grade world peace gamers, 2 teacher-colleagues, the … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Game Changers, Leadership, Policy, social story, Uncategorized
Tagged 21st century learning, accountability, assessment, creative learning process, global warming, John Hunter, lifelong learning, passion-based learning, Pentagon, standardized testing, World Peace Foundation, World Peace Game, World Peace Movie
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Imagine Joy … as the goal
Last weekend, I had the opportunity to hang out with kids and educators at our regional Destination Imagination(DI) Tournament. Quite a few of the young people on teams at the regional tournament attend schools in my district. Their spirit, passion, … Continue reading
Independence Days, Abigail Adams, and the Climbing Wall
“If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women. The world perhaps would laugh at me, and accuse me of vanity, but you I know have a mind too enlarged and liberal to disregard the … Continue reading
“Lacey” Replies: Paying Mentorship Forward
A year ago, I wrote a piece about the journey of Lacey and her mentor, Caroline, who began spending time together years ago when Lacey was about to exit middle school. Lacey has had the opportunity to learn from a … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Leadership, school culture, social story, Uncategorized
Tagged lifelong learning, mentorships
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A Community Story: Principal for a Lifetime
Iconic educators become “signs” within a community, standing for all that’s valued about learning. However, when people share stories about such educators, they seldom point to rigorous teaching of content as the first reason they valued them. Last night, I … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Leadership, school culture, social story, Uncategorized
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Contemporary Learning Made Real: Throwing out 100 Years of Tradition
I had a chance recently to visit the new School of Medicine at the University of Virginia with a team of educators with whom I work. We went in search of the learning studio which has garnered a great deal … Continue reading
