2016 Reading List
“The reading of some literary work is often…an experience so momentous that only experiences of love, religion, or bereavement can …
Category Archives: Education
Wrestling With Student Achievement
I recently read of a school district seeking out those who wished to join a task force to help increase …
2015 Reading List
In a recent post, I reiterated the classic trope that those who wish to lead should also be those willing …
Highly-Schooled but not Well-Educated
As many of you are well aware, an incident involving a member of the SAE fraternity and a racist chant …
2014 Reading List
“The unexamined life is not worth living” “The reading of some literary work is often…an experience so momentous that only …
Odyssey Leadership Academy in the news!
I know many of you are following the progress of Odyssey Leadership Academy, so I wanted to share with you the latest …
The Race of Education
“Human history becomes more and more the race between education and catastrophe” H.G. Wells In the current educational vernacular, school reformers …
Education and the Hero’s Journey
For almost fifteen years, I’ve taught Joseph Campbell’s idea of the Hero’s Journey to students through such epic tales as The …
Wisdom, Virtue, and Compassion: The Cardinal Tenets of Odyssey Leadership Academy
**As you know, I am in the midst of starting a school–Odyssey Leadership Academy–that will open in Oklahoma City in …
Odyssey Leadership Academy Town Hall Meeting
As I wrote in a previous post, I have started walking out a dream for a school that embodies in the flesh …
