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 ...

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

There is a prevailing conception that students must learn facts and procedural knowledge BEFORE they can then engage in so-called 'higher-order' thinking skills. Educators, parents, policymakers, ...

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 ...

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’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 ...

Just leaving this graph here for folks who think that cyberbullying is a bigger scourge than in-person bullying in schools (because we often tend to demonize technology)… These data are from NCES ...

Liz Garden, my co-Fellow for the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) Center for Innovative Learning (CIL), and I had a chance to talk with Holly Clark about the use of ...

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 the Denver… My thoughts on ...

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… ...

After 4+ years of piloting our 4 Shifts discussion protocol with thousands of educators, I am delighted to announce that our new book, Harnessing Technology for Deeper Learning, is now available! Over ...