Artificial intelligence is very much here - reshaping how we work, think, and educate. But like any tool, its effectiveness depends on...

Change is often seen as something forced upon us—a reaction to crisis, failure, or necessity.  But what if change wasn’t just about...

Excellence is a tricky word. It sounds aspirational, but it can also feel intimidating.  Too often, we associate it with perfection – a...

Too often, we talk about Jewish day schools in purely transactional terms—tuition is paid, services are rendered, and parents assess...

When ChatGPT first made waves, it sparked a curious phenomenon in schools. For once, students weren’t automatically at an advantage just...

Every now and then, I read a book that I find to be both genius (in how transformational it could be) and completely obvious (in that I...

Jewish education is a dynamic field with a singular mission: to nurture engaged, knowledgeable, and connected Jewish individuals. Yet,...

It's about this time of year that I start to get reflective (full disclosure: I'm pretty reflective year-round...just especially...

When you think of friction, you might picture something that slows us down—think of dragging furniture across carpet or hitting every red...

I say that my work is about empowering excellence and innovation in Jewish education, and that’s true. It’s the driving force behind...

At first glance, the different projects I take on might seem varied, even unrelated. My current project load includes the following:...

I’m having a really hard time with the transition from summer to fall.  Don’t get me wrong. Fall is my favorite season, and I am so...

When you think about a coach, what do you picture? Coming off a season of summer baseball, my first thought goes to the parent volunteers...

Summer is a weird time for those of us who follow an academic calendar. For much of the school year, we keep a running list of the things...

According to EdWeek, the reason most educators haven’t started using artificial intelligence (even if they know that it could be a really...

When I start working with a school or an organization in the area of artificial intelligence, it’s usually because they say that they...

In both a piece for The New Yorker and his book Outliers, author Malcom Gladwell defined what he calls “the quarterback problem.” He...

I was invited to an event, which (sadly) I cannot attend, called, “What Might Education Look Like in 2040?” I love events like this....

“The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under...

I want to be very clear – you need an educational philosophy. Both you, as an educator and/or leader of an educational organization, and...