I Should Have Been Doing… Walking - FAAF 277 In this 277th episode, I share my reflections from Sept 21-Oct 2, 2026. Check out the WHOLE SPOTIFY PLAYLIST I put together with all the listens mentioned below: >>> bit.ly/E277FreshAirAtFivePlaylist <<< 22nd: The Innovator’s Mindset Podcast “Rethinking Time, Personalizing Learning, and the Role of the Arts in an AI World” 23rd: Why Edify Podcast E106 “The 4-Step Daily Routine That Saves Teacher Sanity | STRONG Teacher Report”; The Inspired Athlete

What if professional learning didn't require another workshop, another hour-long meeting, or another document sitting unopened on your desk? Dr. Wanda Terral found a surprisingly simple starting point: fortune cookies. Her book, Fortune Cookie Pedagogy, transforms short fortune-cookie messages into opportunities for educators to pause, reflect, and think differently about their practice. The idea grew from the hundreds of fortunes Wanda collected and eventually became a book featuring the voic

Congrats to Tom Murray on his latest book: How You Show Up: Change the Belief, Change the Outcome. Tom is a national motivational speaker, multiple-book author, husband, father--& one who is making a positive difference in the education world and beyond.Learn more at https://www.thomascmurray.com/Join us LIVE on the #ELB Podcast, Tuesday 9/29 at 4:30 PM ESTBefore his national work, Murray served as an elementary and middle school teacher, principal at both levels, and a district leader in Bucks

The way you think about authority shapes the way you lead. Every interaction with a person in a position of power, influence, or experience is filtered through the beliefs you carry about yourself, your voice, and what you are capable of. In this episode, I explore authority in leadership and the beliefs that influence how we show up with peers, supervisors, and other people in positions of authority. I look at how childhood experiences, past relationships, and deeply held assumptions can shape

How do you teach text-to-self connections in first grade in a way young readers can really understand? In this episode of The Education Connection, Robin Wilson continues the Writing About Reading Series with a simple, classroom-tested approach to teaching text-to-self connections. Learn how to introduce the strategy with a Book → Me anchor chart, model your own connection, and help students connect events and feelings in a story to experiences from their own lives. Robin also shares how she m

School leaders are carrying more responsibility than ever, but what if the solution is not simply asking them to do more? In this episode, I talk with Lindsay Whorton, president of The Holdsworth Center and author of A New School Leadership Architecture, about why the future of school leadership requires a different approach. We discuss how the principal's role has expanded over time, why expecting one person to carry every aspect of instructional leadership is unsustainable, and how schools ca