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Why a Measurement Must Never Be the Goal

When we focus on a simple measurement to guide a complex goal, that measurement becomes the goal, and the measurement starts to work against the real goal.

Why Non-Examples Are As Important As Examples

Providing high-quality exemplars is only half the battle. Serve up a nice and terrible non-example, and you’ll highlight just what makes that great version so great.

Knowing Our Own Mindsets

I continue reading my friends’ dissertations and stumble across how very “fixed” a teacher’s mindset can become. What do we do?

Narcissistic Teaching (and how to change it)

I’ve been reading my friends’ dissertations and writing up my discoveries. In this episode, I encounter the term “narcissistic pedagogy” and it rocks my world.

Abundance or Deficit Thinking?

It’s easy to be miserly and hold onto every resource, thinking it might be the last. But I’ve learned that what I have can grow – when I use it well. The same is true of our classroom resources.

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