Ed-Tech Innovation Exchange Announced
Sponsorship Packages September 10-11, 2025 Hyatt Regency Downtown Houston, Texas TALAS’s Education Innovation Exchange (EIE) allows executive leaders to influence the development, refinement, and delivery of the products and […]
3-2-1: The simple path to wealth, how time works, and things that hold talented people back
3 Ideas From Me
I.
“Your first task is to find what feels effortless to you.
Your second task is to put maximum effort into it.”
II.
A reminder from Atomic Habits:
“Time will multiply whatever you feed it.
Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy.”
Teacher Turnover Spiked During COVID. But It’s Now Fallen for 2 Years in a Row
According to the latest data, teacher turnover rates have been coming down for the last two years.
That finding comes from a hodgepodge of state documents and research reports. With the caveat that those sources may count things in slightly different ways and at different time periods, the pattern that emerges is consistent.
In fall 2020, the country was still in the thick of the COVID pandemic. The economy was on uncertain footing, many schools stayed remote and teacher turnover rates fell. That is, more educators stayed put.
Kindergarten’s Overlooked Absenteeism Problem
Gabrielle Pobega knows kindergarten is more than just kids coloring, playing and singing songs, so she made sure her daughter made it to kindergarten at Lincoln Park Academy in Cleveland every day.
“They teach you ABCs,” Pobrega said as he picked up her third grader after school. “They teach you how to write. They teach you small little words and it prepares them for first grade.”
But not all parents value kindergarten as much as Pobrega. So many parents treat kindergarten as less important than other grades that it adds up into a major problem — nationally, across Ohio and particularly at Lincoln Park and other high-poverty schools.
The Activator Advantage in Action
7 Ways to Leverage the Activator Advantage:
#1. Choose Self-Determination Over Circumstance
Activators believe their fate is in their hands. Don’t wait for ideal conditions. Success is earned, not inherited.
Focus on useful actions, not perfect results.
Is it law yet? See how far some of the most consequential bills have made it in the 2025 Texas Legislature
Texas lawmakers filed thousands of bills during the 2025 legislative session. However, most of those bills won’t become law. Lawmakers will spend the final weeks before the session ends on June 2 trying to push through their priorities. They will also try to stop certain bills from going through by delaying votes and letting them miss key deadlines. If a bill fails, it might still be revived as an amendment to other legislation. Most new laws take effect Sept. 1.
From now through the end of the session, we’ll be tracking the status of the most noteworthy bills and their progress toward a final resolution. We’ve created a few options to help you follow along.
We update the status of the bills we are tracking throughout the day.