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Get the ball to Mr. Kaminsky
On where to focus your school improvement efforts
ELA Programs and the Convenience Trap
What happens when we remove friction from our students' reading and writing lives?
What I'm Reading: July 2026
Plus an upcoming webinar in August for school leaders
The Library Book Budget Project
On empowering educators to address their own challenges
What I learned eavesdropping on a book club in Green Bay
On the classroom as a third place for readers
Building Trust as a School Leader: A Conversation with Dr. Jen Schwanke
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Building Trust as a School Leader: A Conversation with Dr. Jen Schwanke
Video archive for full subscribers
Beyond Fidelity
On implementing an ELA curriculum with improvement science
Join me for a conversation with Jen Schwanke
A professional learning opportunity for full subscribers
Video Series: Comforting Voices in Uncertain Times
Plus a request for feedback
Beliefs Are Not Enough
On what I learned in 2012 as a new elementary principal
The Unknowingness of Writing
How Improvement Science Helped Me Build a Practice
Keep Showing Up
A principal's field notes on feeling unwelcome in classrooms
Natural Consequences
On creating the conditions for students to become readers and writers
What Actual Science Looks Like in Reading Instruction
On where the science of reading actually lives
The Instruction Comes Second
On being human inside a broken system
Five Prerequisites for Continuous Improvement
On building and stabilizing systems to support professional learning
Dr. Kelly Cartwright: Executive Skills and Reading Comprehension
A professional conversation
Dr. Kelly Cartwright: Executive Skills and Reading Comprehension
Video archive of professional conversation