Dane's Education Blog

If you have not read Michelle Obama's The Light We Carry , do find it at your local library, borrow it, or buy it. And, if you don't...

When you watch this Daniel Pink research-based two minute Pinkcast, you will get some simple, powerful advice when you are confronted with...

  Great advice from Sarah Gardner in the January 27  Weekly JAM (Just A Minute) . "I think one of the things we struggle with the most ...

What a fantastic follow-up to his bestselling book  Sapiens . Yuval Noah Harari wrote this book especially for middle readers and young adul...

"The Voice in Our Heads, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It" is part of the title of the book Chatter— a book that gives a grea...

  JAM (J ust A M inute) — the amount of time that it takes to read a weekly message that gives great, warm advice. Go to the JAM website t...

Adam Grant is a superstar author. Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know  is a must-read book. Here are a few quotes that...

"Class versus Caste" was my March 12, 2021 blogpost , highlighting Isabel Wilkerson's fabulous book Caste The Origins of Our D...

Well known author Daniel Pink's Pinkcast 4.27 is so good—as are all of his Pinkcasts. His latest one which is 131 seconds long talks abo...

  How  to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie was first published in 1939 and was recently updated and published in May of 2...

In case you have not already met author Jason Reynolds, I read three books by him and cannot recommend him enough. What impressed me the mos...

  Want an uplifting, positive book to help you in life? Get a hold of Susan Cain 's newest book Bittersweet . In case you are not famili...

Of course they can. Here are some fabulous resources. The book, The Carnival of the Animals  is a beautiful rendition of the classical piece...

  I Color Myself Different  by Colin Kaepernick  is a fabulous NYTimes bestseller book in the way it reaches preschool through middle school...

The 1619 Project  created by Pulitzer Prize-winner Nikole Hannah-Jones is a powerful, inspirational book made up of 18 chapters built on in...

Whether you are a teacher, a principal, a president of a board of directors, a corporate CEO, or . . . you will get a perfect understanding ...

The book title tells it all:  From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness, and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life by Arthur...

My granddaughter recommended a book to me, and as soon as I saw the gold Newbery  Medal seal on the cover, I grabbed it and gave her a big t...

Check out this two-and-a-half minute video from Daniel Pink's newsletter. Arthur Brooks, author of the book From Strength to Strength: F...

 Daniel Pink has always been a star in my leadership and life lessons.  I interviewed him in 2010; here is a link to that article "Driv...

Toni Morrison's one and only short story that was published in    An Anthology of African-American Women CONFIRMATION  by Amiri Baraka (...

In case you did not know it, the book Last Stop on Market Street  by Matt De La Peña and Christian Robinson (2016) received a Newbery Medal ...

  Check out my recent article, "On Cue Everyone, 'Consider EQ Before IQ': Leading with Emotional Intelligence," in the la...

Media Power Youth, is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting youth with media. Here is their powerful mission: "Media Power ...

  I am a huge fan of author, Yuval Noah Harari. He has such a clear understanding of humanity—where it has come from, where it is now, and w...

As we make our way through this pandemic, it is so good to be able to pick up a book that speaks to what we are going through. In the brilli...

  When I do my weekly readings for my preschool children class, I wanted to help them to be sensitive to the importance of helping others. W...

"It checks out — libraries are an 'investment that's well worth it" a 5-minute podcast from David Brancaccio of MarketPla...

I came across this excellent Wall Street Journal article and want to pass it on to you:  "How to Calculate Delta-Variant Risks For Chil...

  The Daily JAM is an inspirational writing that you can read in J ust A M inute (JAM).    Visit the website . Here is a beautiful, recent ...