I’ve worked in education for a long time. While some call me an expert, I (like so many others in the field) just do what we do for the love of the work. We don’t have hidden agendas or big scheming plans, its our profession and at the end of…

While speaking with a group of education stakeholders last week I was reminded that roughly 37% of jobs will necessitate some skill in data visualization in the next five years. It’s not by chance. Maybe we are finally making some headway in understanding that data is all around us, waiting…

I went back to my first in-person international conference and whoa was it weird to be in-person again. It was great to see friends, faces that I had only met via Zoom, and people who have helped make the last two years a little more bearable. It was also amazing…

We have work to do. Will you forget next week, when the gut-wrenching story of Uvalde moves on? Or will you actually stick with it and do something? This last week brought another horror story. A story sadly too familiar to our schools, families, communities, and kids. This week I…

Why should you care about policies that are currently being sent before several states regarding education? Because what is happening isn’t small and the repercussions of these decisions matter more than you know. Policy season is exhausting for anyone that advocates for education, kids, and the general wellbeing of…

Before you head out with a master’s or PhD, do me a favor and spend some time with these books. The world has changed so much in the past 20 years. Very few aspects of our world are the same. From communication, to turning on a light bulb, to sharing…

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you have witnessed the controversy over the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) movement in schools all over the country. There are layers of confusion among the headlines, none of which are worth your time. Confusion over what DEI work truly is, boils down…

Lord have mercy. We have seen too much drama in education over the past four years. We were just getting into a position to talk intelligently of equity, systems change, purposeful assessment, and child centered policy. Sadly we were sucked into a vortex of voodoo science, inaccurate use of the…

Every store has a sign asking us to wear masks. Not everyone does. Every school has an expectation that parents/families wear masks at drop-off. Not everyone does. Every public health expert is saying, “wear a mask.” Not everyone does. And through it all we are in fact setting an example. …