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Evaluate Your Books & My May 2020 Results
Each month I update the BLBS Ruckus Maker Tribe on my results. I'll get to that in just a second ... Since we're talking about measuring results, here is one simple (but not easy) step to take in your school to make it more equitable. Evaluate your books. Are they...
An antiracist education podcast playlist
Right now we're reading How to be Antiracist in the mastermind. That's because America has a racism problem. It's systemic -- which means it's ingrained into the education system. Of course, it's not limited to education but since that's where we have influence, we...
Scott Seider & Daren Graves: How to Identify, Navigate, and Challenge Oppression
Scott Seider is an applied developmental psychologist whose research focuses on the role of schools in supporting adolescents’ civic development. He has reported on this work in more than 70 academic publications including Schooling for Critical Consciousness:...
Attracting great teachers
One way to attract great teachers is to think about what they want in a school. I'm currently reading Business Model Generation in a mastermind I lead for edupreneurs. There are many handy tools in the book, one being the empathy map. The challenge: block out an hour...
Moment of truth
When you eat out how do you evaluate the quality of the restaurant? A delicious meal at a fair price are important factors. It helps when the service makes you feel special. And then there is the moment of truth -- how clean is the bathroom? Restaurants know this to...
The two most powerful words leaders use when innovating
Tradition and the status quo limits our ability to innovate. The machine that is school has trouble changing because of the weight down of "how things are done here." Two words can help leaders break free from the constraints of tradition: What if? Begin asking "What...
Learning on your own
“I believe in the discipline of mastering the best of what other people have figured out.”-Charlie Munger This quote captures the essence of the mastermind. All of us are better than any of us. Individually our circle of competence is small. Collectively, we have...
Angela Kelly Robeck: Looking Inward to Lead
Angela Kelly Robeck is a best-selling author and certified life coach for school leaders. She helps site and district leaders navigate the mental and emotional demands of the job. A former teacher, coach, principal and district administrator, Angela deeply understands...
How do we plan for school in uncertain times?
I'm reading a book on mental models. A chapter dedicated to evolution shares this quote: “Success is measured by persistence.”-Geerat Vermeij The thing about evolution is that you adapt or die. Not a bad reminder given the reality that schools and society currently...
