At a school interview with my eldest son, several years ago, the interviewer introduced himself to me. "I'm Jay" he said.

Thank you to Scott Schuette and his team of "Learning Nerds" for inviting me to join in the fun.

Just as it’s a bad idea to go to the grocery store when you’re hungry (you know it leads to a cart filled with snacks that you *really don’t want to eat), it can be dangerous to our productivity to leave decisions about how we spend our time to the moment something is about to begin.

Educators do a lot of things behind the scenes and out of the limelight to help support, encourage, and mentor their students.

A friend of mine follows the advice of Jerry Seinfeld mentioned in this piece to motivate himself to workout.

A teacher friend recently asked me about the timing of instruction and the best times to teach certain subjects.

How understanding different types of cognitive load can help you learn.

As the 2021 academic year began, I sat down with Christopher Ruel at Wiley Educational Publishing to talk about unfinished learning and some of the other impacts of the pandemic move to remote learning.

"Feeling distressed at work? It might be more than burnout. Many workers are feeling intense distress, and quitting in droves. The root cause might be something else: moral injury."

My 13 year-old son, Charlie, plays basketball on his school team. He's been playing on the team for a few years, and has loved basketball since he was first able to play with his big brothers.