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Shame on Us: Doing Better Next Time
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Shame on Us: Doing Better Next Time

  • Christopher Torino

The high-school team’s shortstop, thinking of his upcoming at-bat, jogged off the baseball field after […]

Are You Aware of K12 Climate Action?
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Are You Aware of K12 Climate Action?

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The mission of K12 Climate Action, as part of the Aspen Institute, “is to unlock […]

Moments with Wisdom: Sue Miller on Shaping the Work and Meaning
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Moments with Wisdom: Sue Miller on Shaping the Work and Meaning

  • Christopher Torino

In an essay on writing—on making meaning through storytelling and fiction—Sue Miller writes: “For the […]

Moments with Wisdom: Anne Lamott on “the gifts of being a writer”
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Moments with Wisdom: Anne Lamott on “the gifts of being a writer”

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In her introduction to Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, Anne Lamott […]

Moments with Wisdom: Emily Dickinson’s “Bloom”
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Moments with Wisdom: Emily Dickinson’s “Bloom”

  • Christopher Torino

BLOOM by Emily Dickinson Bloom — is Result — to meet a FlowerAnd casually glanceWould […]

Push vs. Pull in Education and Leadership
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Push vs. Pull in Education and Leadership

  • Christopher Torino

Seth Godin, in his June 12, 2022 blog post “Push vs. Pull,” closes with this […]

Moment with Wisdom: Michael Roth on Why Liberal Arts Education Matters
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Moment with Wisdom: Michael Roth on Why Liberal Arts Education Matters

  • Christopher Torino

Wesleyan University President Michael S. Roth, in his book Beyond the University, makes the case […]

Moment with Wisdom: Maria Popova on Lives too Various
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Moment with Wisdom: Maria Popova on Lives too Various

  • Christopher Torino

Writer Maria Popova, in her life’s work The Marginalian, introduces Marcus Aurelius—“[o]nce a heartbroken queer […]

“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself….”
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“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself….”

  • Christopher Torino

“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself….” ―Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear Why won’t […]

When a Student Comes to Talk with You
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When a Student Comes to Talk with You

  • Christopher Torino

When a student comes to talk with you: put yourself in that student’s shoes as […]

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