Three steps to help students acquire an internship two days a week with a local business or organization. In 2002 I was the internship coordinator at a newly opened charter school where every single student, starting in ninth grade, had an internship two days a week at a local business…

When Technical Solutions Overlook Meaning & Symbolism — I was very proud of a student project that involved a significant number of community members, took a whole lot of planning and learning, and brought joy to our school, its students, and parents. It was a student project celebrating Mexican heritage. Joel, in his Sophomore or Junior year of…

How to Ignite Student Curiosity and Learning — Everyone loves to be silly sometimes. One thing I’ve learned after a twenty-year career in education is that high school students love to see their teachers take risks and really show themselves. …

How to raise money for your school, improve your school culture, and help other schools get better along the way. — Let’s start feeding each other by opening our school doors instead of paying third parties for professional development. It goes something like this: one of my favorite jobs ever was being principal of New Technology High School in Napa, the flagship school of the New Tech Network which has over…