STRONG Teacher Newsletter
You're Further Along Than You Think
Most teachers I know can recite their shortcomings from memory. Their wins? That takes longer.
Education
Testing Season Energy: How to Manage What You Have Left When April Is Draining It
April adds a layer of drain for teachers that’s structurally different.
Teaching tips
The Spring Wall: How to Re-Engage Students In April
This is the Spring Wall — and it’s not a discipline problem, a motivation problem in the usual sense, or a reflection of your teaching.
Teaching
Testing Season Stress: How to Separate the Climate from the Content
Learn how teachers can navigate the challenges of testing season.
STRONG Teacher Newsletter
The Attention
What You Feed Grows
planning
The March Energy Audit: Where Your Teaching Energy Actually Goes
Not every task deserves equal energy. Some deserve more. Some deserve less. Almost none of them deserve the amount you're currently giving them at 9 pm on a Sunday.
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.