# The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: My First Observation of 2026

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Podcast: [Conversations Unleashed: Rising Together](https://stenobird.com/podcast/conversations-unleashed-rising-together-6692886)
Published: 2026-01-12T10:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 995

## Resource

An administrator walked into my classroom—and everything didn’t go as planned. In this episode, Michael Bonner breaks down his first observation of 2026: the energy, the lesson design, the missteps, and the uncomfortable data that followed. From teaching reading and testing new strategies to owning what didn’t work, this is a real conversation about growth, feedback, and getting another shot to do it better.

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