Short Reads & Articles
School leadership reflections and essays on AI originally published on LinkedIn, collected here for slower reading. Short Reads are single pieces; Articles combine related reflections into longer essays. Find me on LinkedIn → for new pieces as they're written.
The Federal Scholarship Tax Credit: What We Know
On October 1, 2026, Treasury and the IRS released the first rules for the new federal scholarship tax credit. These are proposed and temporary regulations, not final ones…
What Happened in the States That Have Vouchers
Part 1 of this research looked backwards, at what independent schools did in 2020 when federal money became available on a short deadline. This part looks at what is happening now, in the states already running voucher and education savings account programs.
What Independent Schools Do When Government Money Is Offered
If you're paying attention to the financial sustainability of independent schools, you cannot ignore what is happening with public funds being made available to private schools.
Today’s AI Impact on the Role of Business Officer
If you run a school's finances, I want to offer you a picture of where your role is heading in this new era of AI…
The Knowledge That Walks Out the Door: An AI Summer Project
How AI finally makes it worth documenting your school's work, and why that matters more than any flashy tool. Every school has a problem it has quietly stopped trying to solve. This summer, I became convinced that AI can finally fix it…
That inspiring conference is fading: Capture it in one hour
If you're attending any professional development conferences this summer, here's a simple way to get far more value out of them using AI…
The K-12 AI Conversation Has Bifurcated
The most striking thing I've come to see about the K-12 AI conversation is that it has split into two. AI was once…
"It's Faster to Just Do It Myself" — The Efficiency Paradox
"It's faster to just do it myself." If you've tried using AI for complex work, you've probably said this. And here's the thing. You're not wrong…
The AI Divide Is About Comfort with Ambiguity
The AI divide isn't about intelligence. It's about comfort with ambiguity…
AI Skills Compound. Waiting Isn't as Neutral as It Feels.
I'm not writing this to scare anyone or to persuade anyone. I'm writing it because I'm starting to feel a growing disconnect…
AI Literacy ≠ AI Fluency
AI literacy and AI fluency are not the same thing. AI literacy is about ORIENTATION…
Where Do I Even Start with AI?
"I want to learn more about AI, but I don't know what I should know — and I don't know what to do next." In my conversations …