This year’s ISTE+ASCD conference was a busy one for me. I had five sessions, which was a little much. I need to be less busy next year… Transforming Learning Environments: Implementing ...

I had the opportunity a few weeks ago to attend the 2025 PDK Educators Rising Conference in Orlando, Florida. PDK ...

As we head out of the All-Star Game break, here is a look at the standings in my two fantasy baseball leagues. As you can see ...

4 Shifts Protocol Welcome to the resource page for the free 4 Shifts Protocol (formerly known as trudacot), a discussion protocol intended to help facilitate educator conversations about deeper ...

I had a conversation with a parent a few weeks back during which she said something like this: My husband and I are worried about how prevalent screens are in our children’s lives. We are striving to ...

The work of Willard Daggett is HUGE here in Iowa. Dr. Daggett heads the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE). His emphasis on ‘rigor, relevance, and relationships’ is so prevalent ...

I’ve been playing around with ChatGPT from OpenAI. Below are a few prompts and the responses generated by the artificial intelligence (AI) of ChatGPT. Be sure to see the last question below! Your ...

I officially wrapped up all of my school visits for my Deeper Learning in Elementary and Middle Schools (DLEMS) book project last week. I have seen some incredible schools the past two years and am… ...

The Ron Clark Academy looks like a wonderful school. But is it realistic to expect a significant number of our teachers to teach like this?

The courage to innovate Notes from the 2015 Iowa STEM Summit Social-emotional learning in middle school [NAESP] Project-based learning in early childhood [NAESP] Thinking about NAEP in Colorado and ...

Scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are down after the pandemic. Surprise! Four big thoughts on all of this… 1. Below is the Centers for Disease Control and Preve… ...