Thoughts

what’s the most important factor in learning?

What’s the most important factor in learning? 

Question for you: what’s the most important factor in learning? 🧐 I’ve got a new Ways We[…]

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What’s your most valuable mindset?

Mine is inquiry. We prize decisiveness, creativity, empathy, and plenty of others. And they’re all important! But[…]

A day of school vs. an experience to remember 🌙😎

Think back to your school days. What do you remember learning? Not the subjects or topics you[…]

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Given AI, do we know whether our children are learning? 👩‍🎓

That question was at the heart of the professional development session I ran last week for Horace[…]

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We should feel stress at work. (Hear me out.)

Psychologically safe working environments should include stress (meaning pressure to perform and grow). They shouldn’t be overly[…]

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Are your employees afraid of being wrong? 🙅‍♀️

One of my earliest supervisors berated us when things went wrong. I found myself constantly watching my[…]

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AI is the biggest EdTech disruption since the chalkboard. 🦾🎓

Yet 60% of teachers still don’t use it. 🤔Spoiler alert: it’s not their fault. Plenty of past[…]