The Lies We Tell About Extrinsic vs. Intrinsic Motivation

According to motivation theory, leadership books, and teacher education classes, everyone should be running on intrinsic motivation, which is “better.”

What To Do With Anger

I had a bad day yesterday. I got an F on a final project from one of my professors. I can’t remember a grade that low…

The Importance of a Chair

Did you ever stop to think that someone owns every chair? Let’s take an easy one. In my office, I have a chair…

Who is Your Audience?

I’ve missed a couple of days in my daily commitment to writing, which my wife says is okay. It was bothering me and I…

The Myth of Scaling

This post is on the myth of scaling. As in the talk in education to scale improvement strategies and reform efforts to…

How Twitter Changed My Professional Life

The Importance of Personal Learning Networks to Professional Sustainability

Practicing the Pareto Principle

Today was the first day of school in my new school district and we visited eight schools. Six of the visits were before lunch. We didn’t stop for a lunch break until 12:30 or maybe even 1. I have to admit, I engaged in a little whining around midday. I wasn’t mentally…

Being There

There is no substitute for being there for someone.

Last night, my wife and I uploaded a pilot episode of our new vlog series, in which we explore our journey as an interracial couple. It’s something we jumped into to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary later this summer.

What’s Your Passion?

Yesterday, my first day at my new job, I overheard someone (Person A) affirming another person (Person B) about how he completely lit up when talking about his passion. It went something like this: