Everybody Wants to Make Waves Until It's Time to Ride One...
I've spent more time thinking far beyond the surface this summer than I probably have in years. For the first time in a long time, I chose to work all summer. Somewhere in the middle of summer assessments, spreadsheets, IEPs, conversations with co-workers, research, and questioning everything, I also realized something else. For the past year I've found myself saying the same thing over and over. "So many people know what to do. They know how to do it. But they don't know WHY." That statement has followed me everywhere. It started in education. Teachers are working harder than ever. They are juggling impossible expectations, testing windows, paperwork, behavior, intervention groups, parent communication, compliance, and somehow they're still expected to create magic every single day. Most are giving everything they have. But somewhere along the way, education became a race. Faster. More data. More checklists. More boxes. Education should never become a busin...