This post was written with Dr. Todd Schmidt (@tsschmidty); you can find his blog here. In just a few short weeks, students all around the country will be getting ready to start school again. Invariably, on the first day, many teachers will go over the “rules.” You know the ones… Raise your hand if you want to speak Stay seated Turn in your homework Follow directions...and so on... These are some of the rules to that game we call school. Follow the rules to the game and you

More than 25 years ago, I was finishing up my last day of fourth grade and walked out of school with one of my all time favorite teachers, Mrs. Lammers. As we were heading to the walker line, she asked me about my plans for summer, how excited I was for the upcoming baseball season, and what I was most looking forward to in 5th grade. I loved Mrs. Lammers for many reasons: her passion for baseball, the way that she brought characters to life when she read Tales of a Fourth Gr