Gerald Fussell, Ed.D.

I just put up a blog post about a great education leadership book by @YongZhaoEd and Jim Watterston. Feedback is always welcome. whynot-gfussell.blogspot.com/2025/02/focuse…

Spent the week in Hong Kong working with ESF! @chrisgadbury captured our first day PERFECTLY!

Love this, 3 solid strategies. I recently heard: AI won’t replace teachers. But teachers that knows how to use AI, to be more efficient & better at their craft, they will replace teachers that don’t leverage AI in those ways. Same goes for our future workforce, today’s students.

Another thoughtful piece by @chrkennedy reminded me of "If" by Rudyard Kipling - poetryfoundation.org/poems/46473/if… with an edit of the last few lines.

This is a good talk (20 minutes long) by Will Miller of the Wallace Foundation about the importance of principals and how to support them - youtube.com/watch?v=j8bQxT… - I'd start at 5:00 in - here are the slides - wallacefoundation.org/News-and-Media…

I just posted a description of the work our school is doing Personalizing Education to Grow Learners | Why Not? (whynot-gfussell.blogspot.com)

This is a great article about how we can use technology talk to improve learning - Talking the technology talk - kappanonline.org

I just put up a post about how online learning supports inclusion and welcome any feedback: Online Learning is Inclusion | Why Not? (whynot-gfussell.blogspot.com)

Another thoughtful post by @chrkennedy this time looking at how COVID has impacted adult learning in our system - cultureofyes.ca/2023/05/18/has… - great reminders of the things crucial for our collective success.

Anxiety is one of the most common underlying causes of challenging behavior, yet it typically goes undiscovered and unaddressed through school-based behavior supports. kappanonline.org/skill-building… International

I just read a thoughtful piece by @chrkennedy about the importance of authentic, representative, student voice in the evolution of education - cultureofyes.ca

I recently watched an interview between hosts @YongZhaoEd @chrs_dede and Dr. Curt Bonk on #silverliningforlearning about the future of education with guests @MsMagiera and @askatechnogirl that inspired my latest blog post. The future is here, now whynot-gfussell.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-fu…

In conversation with Dr. Chris Kennedy @chrkennedy Superintendent & CEO @WestVanSchools on celebrating his 20th year in education; his inspiration and lessons on leadership @C21CEO twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Thank you for this tweet @KevinGodden1 Well-being and learning; relationships and pedagogy. It's that simple and that complex: simplexity. A great, thoughtful piece by @MichaelFullan1

This is a great reframe for the vitriol that seems to be dominating news cycles.

Big announcement— @Yale's FREE new happiness course for teenagers is finally here! The Science of Well-being for Teens is a 6-wk course on @coursera designed to give teens science-based strategies for reducing stress/feeling happier. Please RT & share: coursera.org/learn/the-scie…

I just put a post about the prevalence of narratives on my blog and welcome thoughts and feedback: whynot-gfussell.blogspot.com/2023/01/beware…

This straightforward activity can help middle and high schoolers find their passion—and then move from passion to purpose. edutopia.org/article/sel-st…