George Couros's articles Teacher Life Why People Keep Going At the end of each month, I want to do a “post revisit.”I have been blogging for over 12 years, and I often look back at my own posts for when I need to either be reminded of something from my past learning or when I need to relook at either the idea I shared or how I communicated the belief in Written by George Couros January 25, 2022January 26, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life Permanent Failure or Temporary Learning? This blog post is part of my personal challenge to take one quote from this beginning of the year compilation and dive deeper into what the quote means to me! This would be a great challenge for not only someone diving into blogging, but it could also be great for a podcast challenge as well. It wou Written by George Couros January 18, 2022January 19, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life The Risk in Things that We Don’t Do At the beginning of each year, I share a list of quotes that inspire me. If you want to check out the 2022 version, you can read it here.I want to dig deeper into these quotes and share why they resonate with me. If you are interested in starting your own blog or want some ideas for posts, I encoura Written by George Couros January 11, 2022January 12, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life 20 Inspirational Quotes to Start off 2022 For the last five years, I have shared some of my favorite quotes from the past year that has inspired me or made me think deeper about a subject. I would say that the quote from Donna Volpitta was my favorite share from 2021, and it helps me focus on moving forward. “Today, resilience has a mu Written by George Couros January 4, 2022January 5, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life What I Learned About Education by Losing 100 Pounds If you have been following me or this blog for the past few years, it has been a mix of posts on learning, leadership, and a focus on recalibrating my health. The ideas, in my opinion, are all inter-connected. By focusing on my health, I have had to adapt and learn what works best for me, which Written by George Couros December 28, 2021December 29, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life 10 Core Values For Education In this month’s “revisit” posts, I wanted to reshare this post from 2018 titled, “10 Core Values for Education.”This is one of my favorite posts I have written because it came to me so quickly. I read something about Zappo’s “core values” and immediately asked, “How could this appl Written by George Couros December 21, 2021December 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life 4 Ways To Not Let Others Dim Your Light Today’s “revisit” post, originally shared in 2017, was written at a time when I can honestly say I was struggling with my own self-doubt. I will say that I can be especially hard on myself often, which can often lead to success in many areas. But there is a difference between holding you Written by George Couros December 14, 2021December 16, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life 3 Ways Schools Condition Students In the month of December, I am revisiting and reposting some of my most viewed blog posts. Other than running the original post from 2017 through Grammarly (where were you back then!!), the main points that I shared then are held in this post today.As I reread this one, I think about how many people Written by George Couros December 7, 2021December 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life Growing from the Contributions of the Learners in Our Classrooms Currently, I am teaching a course with UPenn titled “Building a Strong Foundation for Universal Design for Learning and Innovation,” which is part of a UDL certificate program taught with my friend and colleague, Dr. Katie Novak. (You can sign up for the spring 2022 session here if you are inter Written by George Couros November 30, 2021December 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life “Same Thing” or “Something?” Here is a question I think is important to consider. When students walk out of our schools, are our hopes that they all leave that experience good at the “same thing” or “something?” For example, does the work done in schools focus on all our students being good at math, or help identify Written by George Couros November 23, 2021November 23, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life Celebrating People Across the Hallway Have you ever felt professional jealousy toward you for an achievement you made? I guess you probably have, and I can say that I have felt that myself. It takes away some of the “shine” of the moment (or longer) of being proud of something you have accomplished. Bluntly, that feeling sucks. Written by George Couros November 16, 2021November 18, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Teacher Life How to Create an Adaptable Curriculum and Flexible Learning Experiences That Work in Any Environment I am really proud that in partnership with IMPress Books, we have just released a new book by my good friend and someone who pushes my thinking continuously, AJ Juliani. The book is titled, “Adaptable: How to Create an Adaptable Curriculum and Flexible Learning Experiences That Work in Any Environ Written by George Couros November 9, 2021November 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Loading Load more
Teacher Life Why People Keep Going At the end of each month, I want to do a “post revisit.”I have been blogging for over 12 years, and I often look back at my own posts for when I need to either be reminded of something from my past learning or when I need to relook at either the idea I shared or how I communicated the belief in Written by George Couros January 25, 2022January 26, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life Permanent Failure or Temporary Learning? This blog post is part of my personal challenge to take one quote from this beginning of the year compilation and dive deeper into what the quote means to me! This would be a great challenge for not only someone diving into blogging, but it could also be great for a podcast challenge as well. It wou Written by George Couros January 18, 2022January 19, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life The Risk in Things that We Don’t Do At the beginning of each year, I share a list of quotes that inspire me. If you want to check out the 2022 version, you can read it here.I want to dig deeper into these quotes and share why they resonate with me. If you are interested in starting your own blog or want some ideas for posts, I encoura Written by George Couros January 11, 2022January 12, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life 20 Inspirational Quotes to Start off 2022 For the last five years, I have shared some of my favorite quotes from the past year that has inspired me or made me think deeper about a subject. I would say that the quote from Donna Volpitta was my favorite share from 2021, and it helps me focus on moving forward. “Today, resilience has a mu Written by George Couros January 4, 2022January 5, 2022 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life What I Learned About Education by Losing 100 Pounds If you have been following me or this blog for the past few years, it has been a mix of posts on learning, leadership, and a focus on recalibrating my health. The ideas, in my opinion, are all inter-connected. By focusing on my health, I have had to adapt and learn what works best for me, which Written by George Couros December 28, 2021December 29, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life 10 Core Values For Education In this month’s “revisit” posts, I wanted to reshare this post from 2018 titled, “10 Core Values for Education.”This is one of my favorite posts I have written because it came to me so quickly. I read something about Zappo’s “core values” and immediately asked, “How could this appl Written by George Couros December 21, 2021December 22, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life 4 Ways To Not Let Others Dim Your Light Today’s “revisit” post, originally shared in 2017, was written at a time when I can honestly say I was struggling with my own self-doubt. I will say that I can be especially hard on myself often, which can often lead to success in many areas. But there is a difference between holding you Written by George Couros December 14, 2021December 16, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life 3 Ways Schools Condition Students In the month of December, I am revisiting and reposting some of my most viewed blog posts. Other than running the original post from 2017 through Grammarly (where were you back then!!), the main points that I shared then are held in this post today.As I reread this one, I think about how many people Written by George Couros December 7, 2021December 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life Growing from the Contributions of the Learners in Our Classrooms Currently, I am teaching a course with UPenn titled “Building a Strong Foundation for Universal Design for Learning and Innovation,” which is part of a UDL certificate program taught with my friend and colleague, Dr. Katie Novak. (You can sign up for the spring 2022 session here if you are inter Written by George Couros November 30, 2021December 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life “Same Thing” or “Something?” Here is a question I think is important to consider. When students walk out of our schools, are our hopes that they all leave that experience good at the “same thing” or “something?” For example, does the work done in schools focus on all our students being good at math, or help identify Written by George Couros November 23, 2021November 23, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life Celebrating People Across the Hallway Have you ever felt professional jealousy toward you for an achievement you made? I guess you probably have, and I can say that I have felt that myself. It takes away some of the “shine” of the moment (or longer) of being proud of something you have accomplished. Bluntly, that feeling sucks. Written by George Couros November 16, 2021November 18, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Teacher Life How to Create an Adaptable Curriculum and Flexible Learning Experiences That Work in Any Environment I am really proud that in partnership with IMPress Books, we have just released a new book by my good friend and someone who pushes my thinking continuously, AJ Juliani. The book is titled, “Adaptable: How to Create an Adaptable Curriculum and Flexible Learning Experiences That Work in Any Environ Written by George Couros November 9, 2021November 9, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
