EDUCATOR INSIGHTS

Hello Insightful Educators

One of my favorite things to do is grab coffee with someone and catch up on the books, podcasts, TED talks, articles, shows, and people influencing them.

So, alongside the full newsletter, I push out a weekend edition of insights I think you will find influential in your journey as an Insightful Educator.

Think of it as you and I grabbing coffee and jamming on what’s influencing us at this time.

Feel free to reply with what you are finding helpful and invite a friend to subscribe! The more people around the table…the better!

Book I’d Recommend

Time to Learn: How a New School Schedule is Making Smarter Kids, Happier Parents, and Safer Neighborhoods by Christopher Gabrieli

In Time to Learn, Christopher Gabrieli makes a compelling case for reimagining one of the most overlooked levers in education: time. Drawing on research and real-world examples, Gabrieli shows how expanded learning time can unlock deeper engagement, close achievement gaps, and empower schools to educate the whole child. This isn’t just about longer days—it’s about better use of time to serve both academic goals and student well-being. For school leaders exploring sustainable innovation and equity-driven change, this book offers a powerful framework and practical inspiration. This book was a game changer for me when I went about creating the Odyssey Leadership Academy model, and it is jam-packed with so many great ideas for thinking about how time can be a source of inspiration and transformation in schools.

Quotes from Time to Learn:

“The school calendar and schedule are not sacred—they’re inherited. And what we inherit, we can reimagine.”
A powerful reminder that transformative change often starts with questioning long-held assumptions about time in schools.

“More time is not just about doing more of the same. It’s about doing more of what matters—deeper learning, broader experiences, and real relationships.”
A call to design school days that truly reflect our values: engagement, equity, and flourishing.

Grab your copy here: https://amzn.to/4lAeap5

Thought I’m Pondering

Work I’m Doing

My professional development schedule this fall is full, with stops in D.C. and Arizona rounding out what has already been a very engaging summer

I will be keynoting VELA Con this August and keynoting the PUMA County District Celebrating Resilience Summit in October…sharing on reimagining education through the lens of innovation, community, belonging, and care!

If I can be of any help to you as you shape out professional development at your site…just let me know!

Article Pairing

You can complement this edition of Educator Insights with the Asking Better Questions: Thinking Outside the Lines in Education edition of The Insightful Educator newsletter in which I share how burning questions shape our lives, open up about the burning question that shapes the work I do, and invite you to pursue your own burning question of meaning and purpose

Read it for yourself here:

Join the Journey

I’m in the midst of creating some really powerful resources to inspire, uplift, encourage and bring together visionary, upstream educators and leaders just like you to curate a community of practice ready to change the narrative of education!

These resources will include

• Digital ebook to help school leaders flourish and thrive as they foster human-centered education at their sites

• Video courses aimed at offering inspired strategy for those ready to do something new and unique in education

• Curated cohorts of like-minded, like-hearted visionaries to come together and learn with and from one another

• Mountain retreats aimed at re-centering the work of education in human and communal flourishing

If that sounds interesting…hit me up!

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