While adults in schools split hairs over what to call what just happened to young people during the pandemic—“learning loss” vs. “unfinished learning”—the students send us a very different message. Behavior is communication. And right now, national problems with student behavior in school communicate that adults are completely out of touch. In Oregon, a middle…
A 6-year-old girl named Kaia Rolle threw a tantrum at her school in September. She lost control and punched and kicked several school employees. And then she calmed down and sat quietly while a school employee read her a story. Certainly one would expect there to be consequences and interventions in light of her behavior….
In 2015 I started a three-year journey to acquire my Doctorate in Educational Leadership. On top of going back to graduate school, I was a high school principal. It was a job I loved and for which I felt tremendous passion. The high school I led was plagued by a history of low academic performance,…