Thought I’d serve up some aphorisms that helped me during my own 30+- years as a head of school and continue to inspire me.
Category: Teaching
Malcolm Gauld
My Pedagogic Creed 2.0
A half-century+ has passed since my first teaching experience… Maybe this is a good time to pause and share what I’ve got to show for my time as an educator.
Calling
In 1976, I started my post-college life as a teacher/coach… … I saw teaching as […]
Leadership Compass
The weekly community meeting is a Hyde tradition going back decades. It is advisable for […]
Letter Home to Discovery Group Parents
As a new school year gets underway, this post is especially intended for teachers and […]
Tom Bragg ’83 – Hall of Famer!
Tom Bragg just wrapped up a weekend he’s not likely to ever forget. On Saturday […]
Why I (and You Should) Vote
I recently had the attached op-ed piece — “A Low Voter Turnout is Demagogue’s Dream” […]
“If you bungle raising your children…”
Put great teaching up against bad parenting and bad parenting wins. Spend any time at […]
“Now is the time…”
“… for all good teachers to come to the aid of their schools!” (The quote […]
The Anxious Generation
Subtitle: “How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness” On […]