Doing hard things, out-of-shape regrets, and a summer roadmap to human-proofing student cognition before the fall.

If you are listening to this on Monday morning, I am already out on the asphalt, som...

Right now, I am in my workshop looking over a staging pile of cycling gear. I’m getting ready to head out on a 750-mile trek with the Fuller Center for Housing, riding from Salt Lake City down through...

Dispatches from Curitiba: Why medical deans are racing to bring back Socratic friction to save human cognition

Live From Curitiba

I am standing in my hotel room in Curitiba, Brazil, completely energ...

The 42-Year Calculus Challenge I just walked out of my end-of-year evaluation with my assistant principal, and I was handed my assignment for next fall: AP Physics with Calculus. I am one part excited...

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The Sunday Epiphany

This week started in the green room at church. I was talking to one of my ban...

I received a message this week from a student I taught four years ago. It reminded me that in "Manic May," we are planting seeds we might not see bloom for a long time.

The Story of the Echo

Yesterd...

Even the Godfather of digital tutoring admits AI can't make a kid care. Here is why the "Human Check" is the only thing that actually scales in "Manic May."

“Manic May” is here. We are in the “Long S...

Why I trade my emotional energy for Vision Videos and use AI "proxies" to manage 150+ students

Summary

It is April, the “Long Sprint,” and I’m exhausted. Over the last few days, I have been pouring ...

Why the last 10% of the year defines the version of you your students will remember.

If you were to look at me right now, you’d see one tired teacher. You’d see the mid-April exhaustion. And if yo...

Why "Analog Roots" and oral assessments are the only way to beat the AI easy button. 

Summary

I know it is not Monday morning, but sometimes a conversation is so timely and important that it demands...