Mike Paul @mikepaul.com · 02/09/2026Remember, you were born a stupendous badass. At least, you hope you were... 000
Mike Paul @mikepaul.com · 02/09/2026I've been thinking a lot about this lately, for no particular reason. #thereisareason 110
Mike Paul @mikepaul.com · 31/08/2026Tomorrow, we start our staff vs. student reading challenge, with a bonus staff challenge. The stretch goal for staff is to average one hour of reading a day from September 1 to October 31. Here's my reading plan; these should cover about 61 hours :) 000
Mike Paul @mikepaul.com · 28/08/2026"It’s very hard to have ideas. It’s very hard to put yourself out there, it’s very hard to be vulnerable, but those people who do that are the dreamers, the thinkers, and the creators. They are the magic people of the world." (Brené Brown, Dare to Lead) 000
Mike Paul @mikepaul.com · 19/08/2026“I wonder how far Moses would have gone if he’d taken a poll in Egypt?” he wrote privately, in an undated memo to himself. “What would Jesus Christ have preached if he’d taken a poll in Israel? It isn’t polls or public opinion of the moment that counts. It’s right and wrong.” (McCullough, Truman) 000
Mike Paul @mikepaul.com · 12/08/2026Let's do this, gang. First day of school for 2026-2027. Who knows? Maybe it'll also be dissertation completion year for me :) 001
Mike Paul @mikepaul.com · 09/08/2026"Heretics are the new leaders. The ones who challenge the status quo, who get out in front of their tribes, who create movements." (Seth Godin, Tribes) amzn.to/4bEgM2s We need a few more heretics in the education world. 000
Mike Paul @mikepaul.com · 10/06/2026Ursula K. Le Guin was a master we didn't deserve. #commonplace #scifi #sciencefiction #leguin 010
Mike Paul @mikepaul.com · 31/05/2026Every time this quote shows up in my reviews, it hits. Life is hard, yes. It sucks sometimes. But it will get better. 000
Mike Paul @mikepaul.com · 29/05/2026The great Harry Dresden, ladies and gentlemen. #dailycommonplace 011
Mike Paul @mikepaul.com · 11/05/2026"Every problem that society has, the library has, too, because the boundary between society and the library is porous; nothing good is kept out of the library, and nothing bad." (Susan Orlean, The Library Book) #dailycommonplace 010
Mike Paul @mikepaul.com · 25/02/2026Seeing this quote today reminds me of something from Harlan Ellison, “Sat cito, sat bene: It is done quickly enough if it is done well.” 010
Mike Paul @mikepaul.com · 20/02/2026The danger isn’t that AI can’t teach. It’s that it can simulate teaching well enough that we stop asking what’s been replaced. www.eclecticeducator.com/p/ai-as-co-t... 000
Mike Paul @mikepaul.com · 12/02/2026Well, this was certainly a learning experience. Heck, it still is. I'm working on a couple more articles, so I guess I'm going to get more practice :) Yes. I am now officially published. This was a team effort, and I'm so glad I had the opportunity. 000
Mike Paul @mikepaul.com · 26/08/2025More students (and teachers) should grasp this concept. School is a great thing, to be sure, but so is learning on your own. If we can bring that type of learning into our schools… oh, what a time we could have. open.substack.com/pub/austinkl... 000
Mike Paul @mikepaul.com · 24/08/2025"Fear tends to come from ignorance. Once I knew what the problem was, it was just a problem, nothing to fear." (Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind) 000
Mike Paul @mikepaul.com · 13/05/2025"Knowledge is limitless. Therefore, there is a minuscule difference between those who know a lot and those who know very little." (Leo Tolstoy and Peter Sekirin, A Calendar of Wisdom) 010
Mike Paul @mikepaul.com · 05/05/2025On doing the thing you’re meant to do, even if very few people, or no one, ever sees it: “The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band.” - Brian Eno 010
Mike Paul @mikepaul.com · 18/04/2025This week's newsletter is out: open.substack.com/pub/mikepaul... 000
Mike Paul @mikepaul.com · 22/03/2025This week's newsletter is out and filled with some good, some bad, and some great things. www.eclecticeducator.com/p/the-depart... 000
Mike Paul @mikepaul.com · 18/03/2025The real issue in Fahrenheit 451 is scarier than you may think... 000
Mike Paul @mikepaul.com · 15/03/2025Silos, Acts, and Money... this week's newsletter is out! open.substack.com/pub/mikepaul... 000
Mike Paul @mikepaul.com · 12/03/2025Thoughts on why avoiding the inevitable is not so easy and often fruitless. You don’t have to dive in all the way, but blocking and banning (i.e. cellphones in classrooms) doesn’t really work. At least, not the way you’ll want it to work. 000
Mike Paul @mikepaul.com · 07/03/2025Tech, politics, and education are colliding in ways we can’t ignore. This week’s newsletter unpacks how AI is actually helping teachers, the eerie prescience of Stephen King, and why TechDirt is now a democracy blog. Get caught up: buff.ly/y3twOd7 000
