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Trust and Vulnerability in Schools

“We need to trust to be vulnerable, and we need to be vulnerable in order to build trust.” Brené Brown, Dare to Lead Trust and vulnerability are two essential elements for a productive and effective learning environment. In schools, teachers, coaches, and administrators must establish trust with their students and colleagues to achieve academic success. …

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Leading the Way

This is a preview of my Friday “10 Things” newsletter. Friday editions are free for everyone. Greetings, friends. It’s the second Friday of 2023. I hope you’re off to a great year. It’s also Friday the 13th, so be careful out there and watch out for hockey masks… Here are 10 things I thought were …

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Gun Control and Schools

I’m having a hard time putting into words my feelings over the past couple of days. I work in education but I’m also a parent. I worry about the kids and teachers whom I work with but I also worry about sending my daughter to school. Note: she just finished 4th grade, which has struck …

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Pike Mall Tech: 17 May 2022

Today’s Links The Trials of Academic Publishing Teachers are Leaving, Here’s Why Colophon The Trials of Academic Publishing (Permalink) First things first: I appreciate the need for peer review and understand why we have academic journals. I’m not the person you need to convince that any work any scientist or academic publishes needs to be …

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Pike Mall Tech: 12 May 2022

Today’s Links No Butts About It We’ll Ban All the Books, Even the Digital Ones Colophon No Butts About It In case you haven’t heard, an assistant principal was recently fired because he chose to read the children’s book “I Need a New Butt” to a group of students. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/03/11/toby-price-principal-fired-childrens-book/ Toby Price found out that, …

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Pike Mall Tech: 9 May 2022

Today’s Links We need social media for schools We don’t need social media for schools Linkus Randomus Colophon We need social media for schools In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools looked for any way possible to maintain contact with students, families, and the community. Resilience, Reorientation, and Reinvention: School Leadership During the …

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