As Rebecca and I continue to analyze human behavior and adversity within the field of education, we know that adversity and politics will never be truly eradicated, but we do believe that they can be lessened due to all of our commitment to schools and students across the nation. As others share their stories with us each day, we believe that the discourse of the Dunk Tank is something teachable and trainable for practically anyone who is invested in helping children. The Dun

My sister and I didn’t fight a lot while growing up, but when we did, she would run to my mom and tell on me—even when SHE was the one who did something nasty to me. This was pretty petty stuff growing up, but organizational adversity works in the same way. They say that “heat rises” and through the work that Rebecca and I do regarding analyzing organizational adversity, we contend that during times of task adversity (daily duties, responsibilities, or decision-making) or c

As Rebecca and I continue to gather and share stories from school leaders, teachers, parents, and students across the nation about their struggles and victories, we are finding that there are incredible similarities with what we wrote about in Escaping the School Leader’s Dunk Tank (which deals with the issue of “facing adversity” in our lives) and powerful life lessons, in general. Sure, adversity exists everywhere. We know that. It is a human emotional-response-mechanism