I’ve been wondering something and maybe you can help me out. Do people confuse a happy life with a life absent of sadness? Are we living in pursuit of happiness, […]

A colleague and I were talking about the importance of trust during a phone conversation the other day. After we ended our call, I continued thinking about the role of

I bolted upright from my dream, gulping for air. The tears began to flow and soon I was sobbing. In my dream, my mom was alive still, but very sick.

Last week I wrote a post called “What if we give her the attention she seeks?” and several people reached out to ask what we are specifically doing to make

My girl. She is in third grade. Was not allowed back to her old school. Too many days of suspension in first and second grade. Her dad has cancer and

I will celebrate the success of others as if it is my own success. There is enough success to go around. Let’s think of success as an unending bowl of

I love the fresh start the new year brings. I usually make New Year’s resolutions or chose “one word” for the year to guide all of my thoughts and actions.

Last week, when I asked a room of 110+ Michigan principals what might make a teacher feel unsafe at school, the most frequent answer was not school violence, it was

What a joyful and inspiring gift to attend the MEMSPA Annual Conference this week! Over 450 elementary and middle school principals attended the conference alongside me, and I learned something

It was such an honor to collaborate on ideas to lead the whole teacher at #MEMSPA17! HERE is the Mentimeter presentation we used. HERE is the google doc with the