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This Principal is Thankful for Much
It’s Wednesday night before Thanksgiving, my entire family is home, we just had a rare meal with the five of us together and I’m feeling…well, pretty thankful. On the professional side of life, my...
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Try These New Blogging Platforms
I’ve discovered two new blogging platforms recently, both quite different in their styles and purposes…but both have great potential for educators. Let’s chat about Medium and Postachio. MEDIUM...
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George Bailey and Our Rotation of Responsibility
My wife’s favorite holiday movie is It’s A Wonderful Life, produced and directed by Frank Capra in 1946, starring Jimmy Stewart. It was nominated for five Oscars and is considered by many as one of...
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What Do Parents Want in Their Child’s School?
What do parents want in their schools? A new national study of K-12 parents reveals some interesting clusters of opinion. The Fordham Institute completed the research via an online survey of over...
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Toll Booths and Changing the World
Courtesy of thepennyproject.wordpress.com My daughter Abby and I were driving together this morning when we passed through the tolls heading onto Interstate 93 here in New Hampshire. We noticed an...
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Lucy Calkins – Straight From the Teacher’s Voice
NHASCD had the pleasure of hosting Lucy Calkins, one of education’s leading voices on literacy and the Common Core, on January 10 in Concord, New Hampshire. In fact, we had our largest gathering of...
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How Can I Support the Shift?
During my time in education, our focus in schools has changed dramatically. While our main wheelhouse has always been academics, the laser focus on teaching and learning has never been sharper. In...
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The School Spirit of Valentine’s
The Carozza Homestead in the midst of snow-blowing a foot of snow Today is a snow day. The Valentine’s Parties have to put be put off until Monday. Valentine’s Day, like Thanksgiving, is one of...
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Using Omnifocus…but Be Careful Who’s Lurking
OmniFocus’s iPhone interface In an era of high expectations for all educators, having a handle on productivity is becoming increasingly critical. Balancing home and work responsibilities,...
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From Old School To Bold School
A slide straight from Will Richardson’s NHASCD workshop on April 4, 2014 The ease of rhyme in Will Richardson’s workshop title (old to bold) doesn’t diminish the difficulty of Will’s challenge for...
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Five Reasons Why NAEP is Still Relevant
I arrived in D.C. just in time for the Cherry Blossoms Recently, I was honored to be appointed to a national Principal’s Panel to look at the future development of The National Assessment of...
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The Power of Quality Principals
The Queens University of Charlotte Educational Leadership Program has developed an interesting infographic that you can embed on your website and share with others. The collective information...
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Managing May Stress
Taken by Bill: Ogunquit, Maine 5-25-14 Like many of you in education, I’m managing stress these days. I call this the Merry Month of May with my tongue firmly in my cheek. This month and into June,...
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9 Books for a Principal’s Summer Reading
Summer is a time for reflection for the Principal. Yes, we work throughout the hot months, but the job during July and the first half of August is closer to 40 hours a week, not 70 or 75, and...
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Don’t Underestimate the Quiets
This past year I’ve engaged in frequent conversations with colleagues around the social continuum of extraversion-introversion and how it relates to our staff. Lately, I find myself apologizing for...
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The Next Generation of Educators
Three intuitive educational leaders facilitating the popular live Twitter chat #satchat from ASCD’s Leader to Leader Conference I finally realized something this weekend. I am not remotely part of...
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How are New Hampshire Schools Utilizing School Wide Assessment?
We can’t forget that assessment is all about our students. This year marks 30 seasons of my working in the education business. I could write 30 blog posts on what has changed in those three...
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Wisdom From a D.C. Cab Driver
I’m writing this post at Reagan International Airport, after working with the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in D.C. for the last three days as part of the Principal’s Standing...
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An Attitude of Gratitude
Thanksgiving may be the best American holiday as there’s so little baggage attached to the celebration. It’s free from religious or political dispute and we don’t have to worry about emptying our...
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Tough Conversations
A teacher who has known me for many years, knows that I appreciate my job because of the energy I receive every day from teachers and students. Yes, Sunday night is not always easy on the soul but...
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