I picked up Patrick Lencioni's The Five Dysfunctions of a Team because I'm stepping into a new role next year as my school's PD coordinator, and I wanted to start building a small library of leadership reading before I'm responsible for actually managing anything. I didn't expect a book about a fictional Silicon Valley startup to make me think so hard about staff meetings, department culture, and why some school initiatives quietly die a year after they're rolled out. The F

I recently finished the book “Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-Creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations” by Sam Kean and REALLY enjoyed it! It made history feel human again. Too often, the ancient world is reduced to dates, kings, empires, and artifacts sitting silently behind museum glass. Dinner with King Tut does something very different. It recreates the physical reality of the past — what people ate, how they slept, how t

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Last month I wanted to refresh my mind and expose myself to some inspiration on how to teach my middle school students better. With this...

There is a tired old saying: History is written by the victors, and the vanquished remain unheard. It is quite cliché but holds truth,...

I recently started a book club with my partner and her cousin, and our first book was "The Four Agreements" by Don Miguel Ruiz. I enjoy...

Between the 17th and 20th century, an important theme was that of the nation-state. The idea of sovereignty became an idea that shaped...

I have been thinking about the impact of the internet on the way our brains work for a while now. As an educator, I understand the power...

One of my favorite genres of fiction is utopian/dystopian fiction. Such creative pieces of work that explore the wonders and horrors of...

A few weeks ago a student of mine told me about a book, Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, that he had been recommended...