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.
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.
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.
STRONG Teacher Newsletter
One Meaningful Goal
A quote, a practice, and permission to choose one meaningful goal.
Weekly Report
Foundation Before Tactics: Your 2026 Reading List
Foundation before tactics. Start 2026 strong.
AI for STRONG Teachers
Building AI for STRONG Teachers in Public: Module 1.1 and Why Philosophy Comes First
I'm building an AI course for teachers. And I'm doing it in public. Here's why—and what I'm learning along the way.
STRONG Teacher Newsletter
Finding Clarity Before the New Year
Clarity doesn't come from adding more—more plans, more systems, more resolutions. It comes from subtraction. From releasing what no longer serves you. From creating space instead of filling it.
Education
The Top 10 Most-Read Articles on Why Edify in 2025
Discover the top 10 most-read Why Edify articles from 2025—practical classroom strategies, teacher wellness resources, and sustainable teaching practices that thousands of educators turned to this year.
Education
The Permission Slip
Teachers wait for permission. But here's the thing about permission: The people you're waiting to give it to you... aren't coming.