‘I’ve a tradition of sending a limerick to Nancy Pelosi’s St. Patrick’s Day lunch over the years. This year the limerick is irregular & not funny at all. We stand with the people of Ukraine & their leader. It wasn’t written to be published, but since it’s out, here it is.’-Bono

“Attending to the emotional well-being of kids, then, is just effective academic instruction.” edutopia.org/article/resear…

Incredibly powerful footage and storytelling, providing a broader context for the war in Ukraine: “Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom” on Netflix netflix.com/us/title/80031…

A 6-year-old boy stands near the grave of his mother, who was buried in their yard in Kyiv oblast. (Ph: Rodrigo Abd/AP)

The brave people of Ukraine are fighting for their freedom -- and for ours -- in the face of unspeakable violence and an unjust invasion. More than 4 million people, mostly women and children, have had to flee for their lives -- a population nearly the size of Ireland.

Woke up to a video of a Mariupol defender begging the world to get them and civilians out, because they are outnumbered and have days, if not hours left to live. There are more than 500 wounded soldiers and over 1000 civilians sheltering there at Azovstal

“We've now gone on to basically solving the deficiencies in our social safety net through this horrific backdoor…”

And in keeping with this: “The last proceeding of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which are beyond it. There is nothing so conformable to reason as this disavowal of reason.” ~ Blaise Pascal

The loudest voices rarely represent the majority. They're usually speaking for the extremes. You won't understand the views of a group until you've invited the quieter voices into the discussion. Don't mistake silence for disengagement. It's often a sign of deep reflection.

Progress rarely happens in a straight line. It typically unfolds in loops. Day by day, it can feel like you’re spinning your wheels. If you look back on your trajectory over months or years, you can see forward movement. Major growth is the result of many seemingly minor turns.

Ya, so my daughter made this oil pastel art piece as part of a project studying oceans. #proudfather #determination #artmatters

School doesn't encourage creativity. It stifles it. And yet, creativity is one of the biggest predictors of life success. 11 things you can do to raise creative kids:

10 minutes to launch

So good for students to watch when working on a passion project: “Failure fuels success”.

#Students who set their own goals and get regular feedback on progress have higher levels of achievement in general, beyond only the #goals they set (Hattie, 2009; Henderlong, et al., 2007). Here’s a template. #LeadInclusion #EdLeadership #teachers #EdChat #edtech #education

The basis of PBL is real-world application. We are always striving to eliminate the dreaded question, “When will I ever use this in the real world?”

“I’m very concerned that our society is much more concerned with information than wonder, in noise rather than silence. How do we encourage reflection? … Oh my, this is a noisy world.”

“I'm not a fan of project based learning because it's the new thing. I'm a fan of project based learning because that's what life is.” - Ron Berger, Chief Academic Officer, EL Education | Keynote speaker at #PBLWorld ‘19. 🎥 Watch keynote speech here: bit.ly/474ZKqp

Want your students to really remember something? Ask them to draw it out! ✍️