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Tomorrow is Earth Day 2019. I recently read a piece about Carl Sagan in Maria Popova’s book, Figuring. She quotes a passage from Carl Sagan’s book, A Pale Blue Dot, about the picture taken from Voyager I on February 14, 1990 showing the Earth from 4 billion miles away looking back towards the Sun. Our…
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There is a great deal written about how to receive and give feedback in ways that are effective. I wonder whether most school administrative teams, school districts, state education agencies, or educational policy makers understand and use research being generated to inform their processes for creating a feedback culture in their school. I understand that…
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A short piece in Medium, Why Your Brain Needs Idle Time, written by Markham Heid illustrates the importance of “brain breaks” as a way to consolidate and deepen learning. He quotes Loren Frank, a neuroscience professor: The research on learning is extremely clear,” says Loren Frank, a professor at the Center for Integrative Neuroscience at…
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I am attending the Art of Coaching Annual Conference in Monterey, CA this week. Day 1 included a welcome and keynote from Elena Aguilar and two workshops: (1) authentic leadership and building trust; and (2) principles for coaching principals. In her evening keynote, Elena Aguilar spoke about the four elements we need to embrace if…
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There is an excellent series of six online articles in Harvard Business Review entitled, Poor and Unhappy. In the first article, Time for Happiness written by Ashley Whillans, the author explores the relationship between being content with the time you have to one’s degree of happiness. She writes: Time poverty exists across all economic strata,…
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