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@mrswilliams21c Greenlights - Matthew McConaughey. My audible account is huge but mostly just "self help" and history. But Greenlights is a good listen if you haven't already.

When your pants match your car... on the road again! #consultantlife #education #schoolteams #AgileEdu Also what are the good podcasts/audiobooks I should be listening too? Let me know 👇

@mrswilliams21c I don’t disagree at all that the right system design is usually the biggest lever. That said, an effective system will also quickly reveal whether you have the right people in the right roles or if fit/coaching adjustments are needed.

If improvement in your school feels slow or stuck, the issue might not be effort, it might be design. Adaptive PLCs show how small cycles of action and learning can transform PLC time into real improvement. Get the guide: adaptiveplc.org @agileschools #AdaptivePLCs #AgileSchools #Learning #Edchat #Education

@mrswilliams21c Congratulations!

📣 Coming into my principal era. I’ve accepted my first principal position serving grades 5-8. I’m over the moon! Today I had the opportunity to work with the current principal on some staffing decisions! Let’s go!!! #Leadership

@mrswilliams21c and it's only going to get crazier

Throw back from the classroom. 3rd period was wild.

Classic airport culture. Sitting and watching the chaos is always entertaining

@mrswilliams21c 😂 I will concede and eat one leaf

@mrswilliams21c Until I see the journal of medicine say something about this, I’m still not believing it

@mrswilliams21c “Thanks for coming. We successfully converted 12 bullet points into 60 minutes”. This happens all too often where I work.

Ever leave a PLC thinking, "That could’ve been an email?” Most educators don’t say it out loud. But they feel it. The meeting happened. The agenda was followed. Notes were captured. And classroom practice stayed the same. That reaction isn’t disengagement. It’s often a signal the meeting was structured around planning and documentation instead of learning from what actually happens once plans meet real students. If PLC time has ever felt busy but disconnected from classroom impact, this will put language to it: adaptiveplc.org

Work-based learning currently reaches around 25% of K-12 students. Almost all of it lives inside CTE programs. WBL works but we haven't scaled it beyond one corner of the school. fas.org/publication/wo…

@mrswilliams21c Agree. This place is toxic most of the time

Maybe it’s time to go back to basics. Just be kind. Treat people how you want to be treated.

@mrswilliams21c And now I’m seeing chipotle ads in my TL. Thanks for that

@mrswilliams21c Well it would appear that this scientific rigor is a strong phrase for “I put leaves on it.” :)

Cilantro for the win! 🏆 Can’t have enough cilantro! Parsley just tastes so bad to me! But I know some people say cilantro tastes like soap… so I suppose ….either way get your greens!

@mrswilliams21c I agree. Teachers should be facilitators and mentors, not just lecturers. We've got to change the 'butts in seats' mindset. My state is moving in the right direction but bottomline we're not prepping kids for factory jobs anymore.

The other day, a principal shared something that has been lingering in my mind since he said it. “The biggest challenge we face with students right now is apathy.” Not behavior. Not skill gaps. But apathy. And I’m not so sure this issue is contained to school alone. Apathy has shown up at every crossroads in history. Apathy does not show up loudly. It shows up quietly. It looks like disengagement. Shrugged shoulders. Silence. “Whatever.” And over time, silence creates space for others to decide for us. History shows us this clearly. When good people disengage, bad actors step in. When people stop caring, stop questioning, and stop speaking up, power does not disappear. It concentrates. And by the time apathy turns into awareness, it is often much harder to respond. And yet, there is hope. Seeing so many passionate educators at FETC, excited to harness technology, creativity, and innovation to engage students, was a powerful reminder. Teachers are not just delivering content. They are often the first line of defense against apathy. They create the conditions for curiosity, voice, and belonging. They show students that their ideas matter and that engagement is worth the effort. This is an incredibly important role. Apathy can be dangerous because it often feels safe. It asks little of us and reduces the need to engage, question, or take responsibility. When students do not experience agency or voice, they may begin to believe their actions do not matter. Over time, this can affect how they approach learning, decision-making, and ownership of their own paths. Education should not be about compliance. It is about helping individuals understand that their choices have impact. When people grow up without practicing agency, the effects extend beyond school. Personal disengagement can scale into broader societal disengagement, shaping how communities respond to challenges and change. This raises important questions: How do we increase opportunities for students to see their voice is valued? How can we push systemic norms to reward curiosity over quiet? This is why our work in schools matters so deeply right now. Teaching students to care is not extra. Helping them practice speaking up is not political. It is civic. Building agency is not optional. It is preventative. Because a society full of apathetic people does not stay neutral for long. At some point, if we do not teach young people to use their voice, they may wake up to a world where it is much harder to use at all. And by then, it may be too late to speak up.

@marcisseks @mrswilliams21c @fetc @JenWomble Post your presentation. Interested to see it.

So amazing to connect with incredible educators at #fetc2026. While it’s definitely nice to know people virtually, nothing compares to meeting them in person! Thank you @fetc @mrswilliams21c @JenWomble #fetc #captivate

Nothing has made me more optimistic about our AI future than visiting Alpha School. The dominant doomer narrative is that, even if we solve alignment, AI will automate so much that humans will be left with nothing but meaningless hedonism. As AI does more and more humans are reduced to less and less. Alpha School shows us that there exists an alternate path where human potential is realized, not truncated, by AI and where work becomes more meaningful. I shadowed Alpha’s co-founder MacKenzie Price (@mackenzieprice) for a week and was blown away by what I saw. They’ve replaced all of their human teachers with AI tutors that are able to offer bespoke, custom instruction to each student — the same kind of tutorship previously reserved for the aristocracy now scalable through technology. Her students spend only 2 hours a day on academics and yet consistently score 99th percentile in standardized testing and go on to study in the best colleges in the world. But what about teachers who now have all lost their jobs? They are hired as “guides” who dedicate all of their time to understanding and motivating their students instead of grading papers on the same basic material over and over again. For many, AI has freed them to spend more time on what attracted them to teaching in the first place — building human connection and inspiring the next generation. In this interview, we dive deep into Alpha’s philosophy and gain insight into the perennial questions in the philosophy of education: - Can virtue be taught? - Does nature overpower nurture? - What is the relationship between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation? Timestamps: 1:54 Our Education System is Obsolete 9:10 AI Tutors, 10x Learning 23:38 Confidence Can Be Taught 36:33 Universities In The Age of AI 40:14 How to Get Kids to Love School 42:22 External vs. Intrinsic Motivation 54:20 We Pay Kids Cold Hard Cash 1:02:13 Kids Want More School

@mhp_guy @007Idaho Brigham city native here

@007Idaho love it!

What was Costco thinking? They just opened a store here and it's the slowest in the company. - Isolated city of 57,000 people - 136,000 in the whole valley - Had already been a Sam's Club there for years For comparison, in Dallas-Ft. Worth there's 1 Costco for every 615,000 people! Their slowest store is in Logan, Utah - the place of my birth! I'll be there tomorrow, actually. There's a few cities with less people than Logan that have a Costco, but they do more volume because there's less competition. Why would Costco open in Logan? It's not even on the main road.