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After Eight Years: The End of An Era at Edison
After eight years, an era has officially come to an end. Gabe and Seth, the two longest-enrolled students at The Edison School, have graduated from high school.
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The Selfless Hearts Shaping Our Kids
Sometimes I wish time travel were real. If it were, I’d go back and visit every teacher I “tormented” (or, more accurately, learned from) as a kid.
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From Fear to a Window Seat: Helping Kids Embrace Challenges
Recently, I had the privilege of taking a group of Edison’s high school students on a multi-night trip to Washington, D.C.
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Control-centered or Learning-centered Classrooms
I believe there are two main types of classrooms in modern education…a control-centered classroom and a learning-centered classroom.
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Building the Right Team at Edison
As a new, young leader, I had an overinflated view of my importance to my team. I believed that if I was out, things wouldn’t run as smoothly.
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Kindness over Niceness
In the first team meeting of every season, regardless of the sport, when I was growing up, my coaches would always share with the parents and players their strategy for the upcoming…
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Cultivate an Exponential Impact
1992 was the year I began my career in education, and at the time I didn’t think about the long-term impact I might have on my kids.
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Striving for Excellence
This has been an especially hard week for middle Tennesseans, and the south in general, because of an ice storm that came through last weekend.
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Building Life-Changing Connections
Do you remember what it was like when you first met someone that you wanted to get to know better? What did it take for you to develop a connection with them?
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The Edison Way: Education as Unique as Our Learners
Each year as our calendars roll over from December 31st to January 1st, we are given an opportunity to reflect on the past year while looking forward to the new year with…
