When I wrote Engagement is Not a Unicorn (It’s a Narwhal), my goal was to create a common understanding regarding the term “engagement”—this over-used, under-understood word that is thrown around in education (and certainly other professions). I wanted to ensure that if we were going to say that we needed students to be engaged or teachers to create engaging lessons that we knew both what we were saying and what we were aiming for. There were plenty of strategy books out th

I am beyond proud and excited to announce the release of my second book The Partnership: Surviving Thriving. This is a guide for parents to not only assist their children in their school journey but also to help parents build positive relationships with schools. I wrote this book through the lens of myself as a Principal but also as a father. My parents did an amazing job helping me to be successful in school during my K-12 journey. I am blessed and fortunate to have received

By Andrew Marotta A few weeks ago, I had my first experience of taking up old wooden boards on the deck of our house and replacing them with trex boards #Finally. Well, I’ve never done this before, but how hard could it be right? Pick the board up, cut the new trex board, and put it down. Working collaboratively with my in-laws and my family, we got a pretty good routine down and the new trex wound up looking great! The inspiration for this blog came from the old nails in the