Laurie Santos, Yale professor and host of The Happiness Lab, has spent years studying what makes people happy. In a recent interview with the New York Times, Santos explained that happiness is not a destination but an ongoing process. She compared it to physical fitness. The activities and habits that contribute to happiness need to […]

Tania Lattanzio from Innovative Global Education examines the impact of real objects and the real environment on student learning: When real objects and real environments are the starting point: Curiosity leads the learning. Questioning feels purposeful. Wonder is protected. Understanding grows from evidence. It communicates that learning is not about receiving information, but about making […]

The end of a school year is often treated as closure. Yet for learners, it is also a transfer point. Students leave carrying far more than content knowledge and grades. They carry beliefs about themselves as learners, strategies that helped them succeed, habits they developed, and questions they still hold about their abilities. During the […]

What’s one of the first questions you tend to ask a teacher after you’ve broken the ice in a post-conference? Here’s one I hear very often: “How do you think that went?” I cringe a little when I hear that question. The reason is something I learned the hard way early in my coaching career.  […]

I’ve been facilitating a team of K-12 educators over the past several months in an exploration of teacher feedback and its impact on student learning because we all have too many examples of feedback not leading to learning. Initially we examined the need for effective feedback to be timely, specific, and aligned to learning goals. […]

Across my blogs and podcasts, I consistently emphasize that educator growth is driven less by receiving advice and more by engaging in intentional reflection. Coaching conversations, peer observations, and PLC collaboration only become powerful when they help teachers analyze the impact of their decisions on student learning. I work to create conditions where teachers study […]