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What is College and Career Readiness Anyway?
In this hilarious video, George Costanza–who has just quit his job–talks about what he enjoys and the related jobs he would like to pursue. He finally decides that he should be a talk show host, and...
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Setting the Course for the Future: The Power of Words
No time to read? Listen to today’s post while you do something else! https://www.burkinsandyaris.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Setting-the-Course.mp3 Kate McCue, who we met in West Palm Beach’s Sun...
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Using Reading Wellness to Build Classroom Community: An Instructional Path
The allure of a fresh start makes back-to-school one of our favorite times of the year. With new students comes new perspectives and new ideas that infuse energy into our teaching. Recently, we have...
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Attending Our Children’s Sporting Events and Other Bad Habits
Recently, we encountered this three minute video essay by Daniel Pink that you should watch before reading the blog post that follows. After watching this video essay, we had many thoughts, including,...
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Keeping the End in Mind
Whenever we aim to accomplish something, it begins with a seed of an idea and a vision for what that idea can grow into with consistent attention. We start by setting our sights on the thing that we...
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Planning for Love
In the 2003 movie, Mona Lisa Smile, Maggie Gyllenhaal plays college student, Giselle Levy, who is having an affair with a married man. Kirsten Dunst plays a friend, Betty Warren, who berates and...
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