THOUGHTS

So what does a principal do in the summer? 1. Reflect with Faculty - Our June Meetings are a great chance for us to step out of the...

Matt Fradd carried the feed of Sr. Mary Madeline Todd's talk on St. Catherine of Siena. It's a wonderful talk that is a call to action...

The way our spaces are organized communicates a great deal. With a huge helping hand, I re-organized my office, making the center...

In the spring, I typically give one to two tours a week to prospective families. A question I receive frequently is: "What makes your...

Last Tuesday, I had the honor of being James Holzhauer's roadkill on the night of Tuesday, April 21st. I lost by many tens of thousands...

Bishop Barron's Word on Fire Podcast from two weeks highlighted his talk at the religious ed conference here in Los Angeles several weeks...

Dr. Tim Uhl highlights the words of Pope Francis and amongst the Church in Sunday's Catholic School Matters. It's well worth the read and...

In Justin Baeder's recent conversation with teacher and writer, Alex Kajitani, brings up the concept of a "silent conspiracy." He defines...

Accountability is an important word and ultimately is the goal of an effective leader. A leader helps the organization craft their goals;...

There is no doubt that we are living in a pornographic culture. The average age of exposure to pornography has been declining and now...

Yesterday, it was revealed that underachieving children of the rich and famous had been accepted to elite (or not so elite) colleges and...

"The standard should be the floor." - Mike Fisher on Principal Center Radio All too often, we underestimate what we, ourselves, and our...

I wrapped up Notre Dame Professor Patrick Deneen's Why Liberalism Failed yesterday. The thesis of the book is essentially that liberalism...

Anger is one of the seven deadly sins. Anger is one of the clearest emotions Jesus Christ shows in the Gospels (appearing in 3 of the 4)....

The community is not complete until you serve all learners - John Garrow, on CatholicEd4All Inclusion has been the place where my journey...

Peter Dewitt, who I think is one of the best educational leaders in the consulting business, came on Principal Center Radio earlier this...

He said to them, 'Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.' For many were coming and going, and they had no...

One of the great gifts I have is to show off the amazing St. Joseph School to prospective families. We have a great and hard-working...

Growing up, outside of Shel Silverstein, I was never a big fan of poetry. It didn't truly speak to me until my senior of high school....

I finished the Irish film Cavalry today and was imbued with a deep sense of its relevance for the Western church and leadership today....