Martin Luther King Jr.
What MLK Jr. Knew About Teaching
Martin Luther King Jr. understood something about education that we're still trying to remember.
Jeremy Jorgensen
Mid-Year Reality Check: Say No to Perfection
A ruck reflection on letting go of what isn't working
Rucking
Rucking for Beginners: The Low-Impact Exercise That Builds Real Strength
Discover why rucking—walking with a weighted backpack—builds cardiovascular fitness, strengthens your back, and improves mental health. No gym required.
Strong Teacher's Lounge
Mid-Year Classroom Management Reset: Fix Behavior Drift Without Starting Over
The instinct is to crack down harder—stricter consequences, more public call-outs, tighter control. But that approach exhausts you without solving the problem. You're managing behavior reactively rather than proactively fixing the system. There's a better way.
Strong Teacher
How to Reset Your Classroom After Winter Break: The 3-Day Re-Entry Protocol
The truth: January doesn't have to feel this hard. But it requires acknowledging reality and planning accordingly.
Weekly Report
The Perfectionism Trap
Teacher burnout peaks in mid-January when perfectionism meets reality. Discover the Stoic practice of Amor Fati and how to hold standards without shame.
STRONG Teacher Newsletter
Just 90 Seconds
Mid-January exhaustion is real. Here's the 90-second rule that helps teachers overcome task inertia and start moving forward—one small step at a time.
Strong Teacher
Building The STRONG Year: A Month-by-Month Journey Starts with January
How to be an excellent teacher without destroying yourself: Building The STRONG Year, a month-by-month framework grounded in Stoicism, Ikigai, and Kaizen.
Strong Teacher
Why Your Teaching Goals Fail (And How to Fix Them with Implementation Intentions)
Are you still grading at 9 PM? Checking email on weekends? Learn the science-backed if-then strategy that makes sustainable teaching habits automatic.
Teacher Self-Care
Why Self-Care Advice Fails Teachers (And What Actually Works)
Self-care advice for teachers fails because it treats burnout as a personal problem, not a systems problem. Here’s why gratitude and wellness practices only work when you build the foundation first—and how the STRONG Framework creates sustainable teaching.
Weekly Report
Fresh Starts Work—But Only If You Do This First
Why you feel motivated right now—and three research-backed ways to turn fresh start energy into lasting change.
Teaching
What’s in Your Control Today?
The system is broken. You can’t fix it. But you can decide how you navigate it.