“Everybody has a right to rich, complex text.” 🎤 Hear Meredith Liben unpack why AND how in our rereleased Placing Text at the Center episode. 🎙️ ow.ly/s4ar50XrGpK

I have a thousand reasons to give thanks this year! I’m in schools almost every day, & I’m constantly blown away by the selflessness of educators & school leaders. I am in awe of your integrity, determination, creativity, & courage. Thank you for all you are doing to ensure that

One easy way to show you care about others is to ask them questions about their life. -What are they excited about? -What are they working on? -What are they hoping for? Simply asking the question and listening thoughtfully is an act of generosity. You're giving them the gift

Great leaders think like farmers.

New from me and David Goodwin .. picking up on my recent blog post. Nice work Mr G!!

🚀 Want to sharpen your craft and build better schools? Join us Jan 17 at the NYC Steplab Intensive. Connect, reflect, and leave with practical tools that improve student learning. 📍 Details & tickets: tickettailor.com/events/steplab…

What if simplicity is the answer? The job before us is to make what is complex simple enough to sustain- that’s when scalability wins!

So many schools get paralyzed during literacy transformation because of fear… What if … But… Won’t… Just take action and let the results speak for themselves. A change in leader actions leads to a change in teacher outcomes. A change in teacher actions leads to a change

“Cognitive load refers to how much working memory capacity is used when completing a task. Underloading working memory leads to boredom and disengagement and self-destruction. Overloading working memory leads to feeling overwhelmed or confused and thus disengagement and

New! Phonological Awareness and ELLs: Article, Tip Sheet, and Slide Deck for PD colorincolorado.org/article/phonol… Image: Reading Universe

They don’t need more time to write. They need more instruction. Just teach them!

The older I get, the more I realize you have to do what’s necessary, not what’s comfortable. The gap between your goals and your reality is filled with painful, boring work. Most people avoid it, which is why it’s so valuable. Master the ordinary to create the extraordinary.

I love this visual:

Or, as I like to put it, pay now or pay later.

A surprisingly common counterproductive practice in primary schools is for teachers to look ahead to the next standardised comprehension assessment and then make sure their kids practise answering lots of questions that look similar to the ones in the test. >>

“Novices benefit from fully guided instruction, experts from less guided.”— Nathaniel Swain

You can’t be a change maker and a peacemaker.

Calling all courageous leaders! Want my latest leadership article on choosing to be a change-maker over a peacemaker? Go to sorformore.com and subscribe! I’ll be sending it out this weekend! Change is scary, but maintaining the status quo is scarier.

James Clear on the courage to eliminate: