Modeling Leadership
I was fortunate this week as an education leader: I spent two full days working with students. Our graduating students are working hard on their…
Category: Leadership Voices
Designing Media Literacy Choice Boards for Current Events
At the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022, we developed a Ukraine-Russia Conflict 2022 Media Literacy Choice Board to support…
Keep. Them. Safe.
Safety doesn’t happen by accident. It happens when we are aware and equipped with resources to make Informed decisions. I was recently approached to pull…
Forward to Different – A Blog Series on How School Will Operate After the Big Quit
Teachers and school leaders have been through the wringer during the pandemic. First they were praised for spinning up remote learning in mere days. Then,…
Talking to Students About Masks
This week our Governor and Commissioner of Education had a press conference about ending the mask mandate in schools. It was all anyone could talk…
Real-time Data about the Real Quit in K12: Winter 2022
One of the problems with data, and K12’s reliance on it, is that data ages. And ages quickly. But public education, especially, in its quest…
TURN IDEAS INTO IMPACT: FETC 22
As I got out of my Lyft at the Orlando airport Friday, I realized I was saying goodbye to some great new connections I made.…
Tell me!
TELL ME what your grading practices say. TELL ME what they say to the student who gets up at 4 am and rides a bus…
Bold Predictions in Edtech for 2022
Every year I embark on this tradition of trying to be “bold” in my predictions of what the twelve months ahead will entail. Some years…
A Look Back at Bold Predictions for Edtech in 2021
Wow. That year flew by! Like many of you, we have been teetering in and out of pandemic stress in the Hooker household. We kept…