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Doing the Best You Can
Originally posted 4.5.17 Happy Wednesday! I heard Brene Brown, in her audio book for Rising Strong ask the question, “Do you think that...

Heather Lyon
Oct 14, 20191 min read


Heaven and Hell
Originally posted 3.23.17 Happy Thursday! So when I was in middle school (or there abouts), we had an assembly where a man told us the...

Heather Lyon
Oct 14, 20194 min read


The Meaning of Failure
Originally posted 3.16.17 Happy Thursday! At the conference I attended a couple of years ago, Dan O’Brien was the keynote speaker. The...

Heather Lyon
Oct 14, 20195 min read


The Storm Around the Norms
Originally posted 3.9.17 Happy Thursday! It’s funny how we were all feeling so good about the start of the year and how in just a few...

Heather Lyon
Oct 14, 20192 min read


The 3 Legs of the Stool
Originally posted 3.2.17 Happy Thursday! Being a teacher is not easy. If it were, we wouldn’t need rigorous certification...

Heather Lyon
Oct 14, 20193 min read


The Power of Prior Knowledge
Originally posted 3.2.17 Happy Thursday! Have you ever noticed that a child can watch the same movie/cartoon/show over and over and over...

Heather Lyon
Oct 14, 20193 min read


Innovation 4: Networked
Originally posted 2.11.17 Happy Thursday! In 2008 I attended an ASCD conference in New Orleans. This was the first ASCD conference I'd...

Heather Lyon
Oct 14, 20192 min read


Inspiration
Originally posted 2.11.17 Happy Thursday! When I graduated from high school I wanted to be an author. Though my life has gone in a...

Heather Lyon
Oct 14, 20192 min read


I Already Have High Standards
Originally posted 2.16.17 Happy Thursday! I have been reading Robyn Jackson’s Never Work Harder Than Your Students: And Other Principles...

Heather Lyon
Oct 14, 20192 min read
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