My Posts
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Do You Want to Go Back?
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Reading Time: About 3 Minutes The return to school is on educators’, parents’* and students’ minds. Lots of adults are weighing in on back to school plans after our spring shutdown and in the midst of a global pandemic. I asked my teenage niece how she would want to return to school. Would she rather…
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Black Lives Matter
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Reading Time: About 1 Minute It’s past time. We must do better. I must do better. Thank you to all the Black creators, authors, filmmakers and thinkers who are teaching me how the systems and structures in our society have benefitted me, as a white woman. As I read, listen, view and think, the scales…
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What’s the Point of Being a Leader?
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Reading Time: About 3 Minutes Events and people confront my thinking. I feel a prickle of recognition, and the moment of discomfort grows when I realize that how I think or act needs to change. That’s a moment I always need to lean into, even if I’d rather ignore it, because that’s where learning is.…
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Think Again About Schooling
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Reading Time: About 4 Minutes Her voice rose as she spoke, cracking slightly on the last word. ” I’m juggling working from home, video conferences, wonky internet, planning meals, making sure we all get some exercise and being my kids’ teacher. I can’t do it!” He struggled too, uneasy about his layoff. “I have no…
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Leadership and Learning under Lockdown
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Reading Time: About 4 minutes In the beginning, I was smug about being an introvert. This “stay at home” thing would be a cinch. I like spending time on my own: thinking, reading, watching, writing. I look forward to the end of the day when I walk up the steps to my front door and…
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My Secret: Adjusting to New
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I wish I’d brought my ball chair home from the office. It’s pleasantly bouncy, keeps my posture upright and my core engaged. I like it a lot. It may seem like a small, insignificant wish in the global pandemic, nonetheless, I miss my chair. My “home office” is set up on a collapsible table we…