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.
Strong Teacher
The Coverage Trap: Why Teaching Less Produces Better Results in April
The coverage sprint is one of the most well-intentioned mistakes in teaching. It feels like caring. It feels like rigor.
Community
Rebuilding Classroom Community When the Year Has Gotten Away From You
Make classroom community building a year-round practice.
Artifical Intelligence
The Teacher's Guide to Building an AI Assistant: Claude vs. ChatGPT vs. Gemini
Claude Projects, ChatGPT Custom GPTs, Gemini Gems — all three let you build a persistent AI teaching assistant. Here's how to pick the right one and actually set it up.
Artifical Intelligence
Stop Starting Over: How to Build a Permanent AI Teaching Assistant with Gemini
Learn how to use Google Gemini's Gems feature to build a persistent AI teaching assistant that already knows your classroom — no re-explaining yourself every time.
artifical intelligence projects
Stop Starting Over: How to Build a Permanent AI Teaching Assistant with ChatGPT
Learn how to use ChatGPT's Custom GPT feature to build a persistent AI teaching assistant that already knows your classroom — no re-explaining yourself every time.
artifical intelligence projects
Stop Starting Over: How to Build a Permanent AI Teaching Assistant with Claude
Learn how to use Claude's Projects feature to build a persistent AI teaching assistant that already knows your classroom — no re-explaining yourself every time.
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
March Restlessness: Using Movement to Reclaim Your Classroom
When teachers try to manage March restlessness through behavioral means—reminders, consequences, redirections, raised voices—they're using the wrong tool for the problem. It's like trying to fix dehydration by telling someone to think more clearly. The intervention doesn't match the cause.
STRONG Teacher Newsletter
The Spring Break Permission Slip
Go Rest. That’s the Whole Newsletter.
Strong Teacher Pep Talk
The System Isn't Broken. It Just Wasn't Built for You.
A lot of what exhausts teachers isn't a personal failure — it's structural. Here's what Stoicism says about protecting yourself inside a system you can't fix.
Why Edify Podcast
Persistence Isn't What You Think It Is
Teachers are told to push through everything. But persistence and endurance aren't the same — and confusing them is what's burning you out. Here's the Stoic take.