STRONG Teacher Newsletter
Why You Started
It's okay to recalibrate.
Why Edify Podcast
Push Through Is Not a Strategy
"Just push through" is the worst advice in education. Here's what Epictetus figured out 2,000 years ago — and why it matters on your hardest teaching days.
Strong Teacher Pep Talk
You Don’t Need a New Career. You Need a Better Tuesday.
Here’s what that actually looks like for teachers who are tired of big promises and small results.
STRONG Teacher Newsletter
The One-Thing Week
What If You Subtracted One Thing This Week?
Teaching
The Problem With the ‘Tech vs. Paper’ Debate in Education
The debate over technology in classrooms isn’t as simple as screens vs. pencils. After 26 years in education, here’s why data—not opinion—should drive how we use tech in schools.
STRONG Teacher Newsletter
The Worst Advice You'll Hear This Month
February's loudest advice is "just push through." It's also the worst. Here's a 2,000-year-old Stoic framework for choosing where your limited energy actually belongs.
Strong Teacher
The 60-Second Reset: Why Micro-Transitions Might Be the Most Underrated Teaching Survival Skill
Your brain carries every period change into the next one. It's called attention residue — and it's why 2pm feels impossible. Here's a 60-second micro-transition practice backed by neuroscience.
AI for STRONG Teachers
Where Are You With AI? (And Why Starting Here Matters)
The AI for STRONG Teachers Course is alive and growing in the STRONG Teachers Lounge. Here's an update on the newest addition.
Why Edify Podcast
The 5 Real Causes of Teacher Burnout (And What Actually Helps)
Let's talk about the five real causes of teacher burnout—not the ones people want to talk about, but the ones that are actually burning you out.
STRONG Teacher Newsletter
The Teacher’s 30-Second Classroom Management Fix
Teacher burnout doesn’t need dramatic overhauls. It needs Kaizen: one 30-second classroom improvement, repeated. Here’s how small changes save careers.
Strong Teacher
Kaizen: The Japanese Practice That Can Save Your Teaching Career (Without Burning It Down First)
You don’t need a teaching overhaul. Kaizen—the Japanese practice of continuous small improvement—can save your career one tiny change at a time.
Teaching
When Helping Students Avoid Anxiety Actually Makes It Worse
When we remove every uncomfortable situation for anxious students, we might be making things worse. The difference between accommodation and avoidance matters.