Chicago Academy for the Arts alum Maisie Schloss is included in the new Forbes "30 Under 30" list! Backed by Kanye West, her company is making waves in the fashion world. forbes.com/profile/maisie…

The male dancers at The Chicago Academy for the Arts “Take on Ballet” and defy those who perpetuate negative stereotypes about boy dancers in this great piece with NBC’s CHRIS HUSH. nbcchicago.com/on-air/as-seen…

"...when the Berlin Phil delivers a golden orchestral chord penned by Brahms, we are hearing the best that humanity has to offer... when Miles issued those softly fragile notes on his muted trumpet, we were hearing the deepest forms of human expression." bit.ly/38yZd1y

We had a great time with FOX 32 News reporter Roseanne Tellez, who covered Patrick Simoniello's "Boys Take on Ballet" program at The Chicago Academy for the Arts today.

"All this machinery making modern music Can still be open-hearted, not so coldly charted It's really just a question of your honesty." Rest in peace, Ghost Rider.

That's Chicago Academy for the Arts alum Britt Mack headed to Broadway as Anna of Cleves in the smash hit "Six"!

That's Chicago Academy for the Arts freshman Ethan Radaza *killing it* singing Misty on Good Day Chicago this morning! fox32chicago.com/video/646576?f…

"When I got to The Academy, I felt like I found my people." That's Chicago Academy for the Arts dancer Jackson Bradford profiled in a great article in Country / Barrington Style and Substance. jwcdaily.com/countrymag/202…

Chicago Academy for the Arts alum Maisie Wilen (aka Maisie Schloss) was just featured in the New York Post's article, "What to wear to NYFW [New York Fashion Week] 2020 if you want to get your pic snapped". Their answer? "Anything by Maisie Wilen." nypost.com/2020/02/05/wha…

Congrats to Chicago Academy for the Arts Theatre alum Tom Hodges ('83), who is the co-executive producer of the workplace comedy Intelligence, which stars David Schwimmer and Nick Mohammed and premiered in the UK last week. sky.com/watch/intellig…

Congrats to Chicago Academy for the Arts alum Heather Day ('08) — Fort Wayne Museum of Art has acquired two of her pieces for their permanent collection. Her exhibition, Woolgatherers: New Paintings by Heather Day, runs at the museum through May: fwmoa.org/Exhibition/Hea…

Congratulations to Chicago Academy for the Arts alum Kimberly Jones (‘94), who has been nominated for a "2020 Georgia Author of the Year" award for her book I’m Not Dying With You Tonight. Kimberly was also recently nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work.

We over-rely on willpower. But on a long enough timeline, willpower always fails. The problem is that we try to become good at something before we get good at *showing up* to get good at something. Instead of willpower, we need habits. chicagoacademyforthearts.org/heads-blog-2/2…

How the Chicago Academy for the Arts does school during a pandemic. vimeo.com/414817175

All a teacher needs to do to change a life is decide to do it. That’s their superpower. One of the great privileges of my life is to work alongside these superheroes. May they one day understand how thoroughly so many lives are transformed b/c of them. bit.ly/2WCq3AK

Observation: The more that someone emphasizes the need to “prepare kids for the real world,” the less likely it is that he or she will focus on preparing kids to improve that world

It took us two days, but our students did it every day for four years. Congratulations to the Chicago Academy for the Arts Class of 2020. chicagotribune.com/columns/heidi-…

One of the best people I’ve ever known, Patricia Rusk, has passed away. If you care about teaching, or art, or me, I hope you’ll take a moment to read my tribute to her.

Exactly three students texted me pushing for a snow day. I wrote back: “I’ll cancel school if 20 students BCC me on a SINCERE email to either a teacher or a parent thanking them for being awesome. Spread the word :)” I’ve been copied on more than 100 *beautiful* emails so far.

If you were utterly unencumbered by all convention, tradition, state requirements, parent/student expectations, costs, etc, and you had the opportunity to build "school" for adolescents from scratch. What would you do differently? #edchat #21stedchqt #whatisschool #eduleaders