The Final Stretch – How to End the Year with Energy        Teacher Tired Is Real, But So Is Your Power to End Strong   As the school year draws to a close, it's common for teachers to feel overwhelmed. The constant juggling of lesson plans, meetings, grading, and student needs can take a...

  📰 Your Teachers Need You More Than You Think   Let’s talk about something we’re all feeling but not always addressing: staff morale and divisiveness. Whether it’s initiative overload, unclear priorities, or just plain burnout, these challenges impact everyone.   As Hacking School Leadership a...

      George Eliot Was, Actually, the Famous Victorian British Novelist Mary Ann Evans       Time to Jump! So … we’ve written several times recently about the possibility of starting a side hack while you work your day job. Or you may be considering stepping outside your comfort zone and start...

      Turn Challenges into Champions       Fixed or Growth? Why Mindset Matters We’ve all seen it or felt it. A fixed mindset is the belief that our intelligence, abilities, and talents are set in stone. In other words, students with a fixed mindset might think, “I’m just not good at math,” or...

      What Happens When You Actually Give Teachers What They Want?      This week, we’re featuring a guest article from Erika Garcia-Niles, author of Hacking School Leadership: What Makes Teachers Happy and Why it Matters to Students. Thanks, Erika, for sharing your insight!       If we all ...

    Crush the Myth that Educators Never Prosper     One of the most detrimental outcomes of deficit thinking is its impact on our belief that we as educators are powerless. Because deficit thinking blames our students and families for their problems, we are left with the belief that the work ...