In her book Confidence: How Winning and Losing Streaks Begin and End, Rosabeth Moss Kanter (004) points out that a great deal has to do with confidence. Simply put, those who are confident they will achieve the desired outcome tend to invest appropriate resources, stick with a strategy when they hit a trouble spot, and [...]

When I travel around Ohio to meet with teachers, I am often asked to provide assistance in solving problems that are usually posed in the form of yes or no questions. Some examples are:
“Should we teach students to read using phonics or whole language?”
Should I develop engaging, exciting, and interesting lessons, or should I cover [...]

Over the holiday break, I had a chance to read Michael Fullan’s Turnaround Leadership. He reports on a study that found that of those people who underwent significant cardiac procedures (bypass, angioplasty, and catheterization) only one out of ten had stuck to the changes in diet and exercise recommended by their doctors. Think about that. [...]

Hello everyone:
Welcome to my first attempt at blogging. During a recent network meeting I had a conversation with a participant who teaches middle school. She told me that after the initial UDL institute she had no idea what UDL was. At the network meeting (folllowing the lesson sharing) she thought everyhting was UDL. The conversation [...]