Books I finished reading (or rereading) in June 2025... Implementing Project Based Learning in Early Childhood, Sara Lev, Amanda Clark, & Erin Starkey (education) The First Book of Swords, Fred ...

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 ...

Welcome to the resource page for the 4 Shifts Protocol (formerly known as trudacot), a discussion protocol intended to help facilitate educator conversations about deeper learning, greater student ...

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 ...

I have read or revisited a number of education books in recent years as I’ve been visiting innovative, deeper learning schools all around the world. I could recommend many, but I keep returning to How ...

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 ...

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 ...

[I realized that I am way behind on posting recent podcast episodes, so I am catching up!] Adam Phyall and Carl Hooker were kind (brave? dumb?) enough to invite me onto their Future Ready Schools ...

[I realized that I am way behind on posting recent podcast episodes, so I am catching up!] Liz Garden and I had the pleasure of hosting Amie McElroy, elementary school director at STEM School in ...

[I realized that I am way behind on posting recent podcast episodes, so I am catching up!] Recently I had the opportunity to appear on the Education Matters podcast with Jason Buccheri. Jason was an ...

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 sit down at the NAESP / NASSP UNITED ...

Every state has its own licensing requirements for teachers. Some states also allow for license reciprocity, meaning that if you have a teaching license from one state, you can transfer it fairly ...