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Welcome to my blog, where I share practical insights, strategies, and reflections to help Jewish day schools and mission-driven organizations move from complexity to coherence. Here, you’ll find posts on topics like integrating AI thoughtfully, designing aligned systems, supporting meaningful change, and cultivating excellence in teaching and learning.
My goal is to provide actionable ideas and inspiration so that leaders like you can create effective, future-ready, and joyful learning environments for your students, staff, and community.
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The Age of AI and the Irreplaceable Teacher
Earlier this week, I was meeting with members of a team for one of my projects. I’d been asked to give an overview of AI and its implications for our work. I talked about what AI is, its history, and the challenges and opportunities specific to education. I described the incredible potential for personalized learning, data-driven instruction with real-time feedback, and accessibility and support at a level we’ve never not been able to yet. At this point, someone interrupted:
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When Students Use AI and Teachers Don’t: A Leadership Problem, Not a Generational One
Everyone’s talking about how AI is changing education, but they’re mostly asking the wrong question. It’s not “Will AI replace teachers?”...
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You Gave Teachers AI Tools. Why Aren’t They Using Them?
You did it. You created an AI task force. You ran a professional learning session. You set up ChatGPT accounts and maybe even shared a...
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Designing for an AI Future: What Schools Need to Teach Now
As artificial intelligence becomes more deeply embedded in daily life and work, the most urgent question facing schools and society...
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15 Times to Use AI in Your School—and 5 Times to Think Twice
Artificial intelligence is very much here - reshaping how we work, think, and educate. But like any tool, its effectiveness depends on...
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Resetting for Excellence: The Choice to Change
Change is often seen as something forced upon us—a reaction to crisis, failure, or necessity. But what if change wasn’t just about...
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Pursuit over Perfectionism: Excellence in Jewish Day Schools
Excellence is a tricky word. It sounds aspirational, but it can also feel intimidating. Too often, we associate it with perfection – a...
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From Consumers to Stakeholders: Strengthening the Future of Jewish Day Schools
Too often, we talk about Jewish day schools in purely transactional terms—tuition is paid, services are rendered, and parents assess...
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Why Your Students Use ChatGPT Better Than You (And What You Can Learn from Them)
When ChatGPT first made waves, it sparked a curious phenomenon in schools. For once, students weren’t automatically at an advantage just...
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Young People Are Not Idiots: So How do we Motivate Them?
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...
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Lessons from the Campfire: What Jewish Camps and Day Schools Can Learn from Each Other
Jewish education is a dynamic field with a singular mission: to nurture engaged, knowledgeable, and connected Jewish individuals. Yet,...
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Mid-Year Check-In: How Friction Can Fuel Your Success
It's about this time of year that I start to get reflective (full disclosure: I'm pretty reflective year-round...just especially...
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Friction: The Leadership Tool You Didn't Know You Needed
When you think of friction, you might picture something that slows us down—think of dragging furniture across carpet or hitting every red...
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Thriving Together: The Power of Communication in Driving Process Forward
I say that my work is about empowering excellence and innovation in Jewish education, and that’s true. It’s the driving force behind...
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Thriving by Design: The Importance of Process and Communication in Successful Change
At first glance, the different projects I take on might seem varied, even unrelated. My current project load includes the following:...
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Holding Onto Summer
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...
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Creating Cultures of Growth and Coaching
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...
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Using the Summer to Set the Tone for the Year
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...
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There’s No Time Like Summer for a Little AI
According to EdWeek, the reason most educators haven’t started using artificial intelligence (even if they know that it could be a really...
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Towards Co-Intelligence (Or How You Can Keep from being Obsolete)
When I start working with a school or an organization in the area of artificial intelligence, it’s usually because they say that they...
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