I hope this finds you with a more relaxed calendar 😁 Summer is a great time to embrace a slower schedule, and I know many of you will be having fun dipping into your "I'll read that in the summer" reading pile!

If it's not already on your list, I highly recommend Education Lead(Her)ship, Advancing Women in K–12 Administration, by Jennie Weiner and Monica Higgins, "An incisive account on the underrepresentation of women, especially women of color, in positions of leadership in K–12 schools and how to correct this bias." As well as A New Vision for Skills-Based Assessment - a concise distillation of where we are and where we need to go to transform assessment.

Finally, Paul Kim and Tom Thorpe are offering an in-person professional development opportunity for teachers in Denver, Colorado, at the end of July. The mission of the workshop is to "Launch your year using design thinking processes to reorient and rediscover meaning and joy in our work as teachers." I met Paul several years ago and was struck by his thoughtfulness and creativity - this workshop promises to be an expansive, fun, and immediately actionable experience.

See you in the fall :)