Rethinking School Struggles: What We Get Wrong About Challenge

"For over three decades, Dr. Jonathan Eckert has spent his career helping students become more of who they are created to be. Now the Lynda and Robert Copple Professor of Educational Leadership at Baylor University and executive director of the Baylor Center for School Leadership, he first taught and coached outside of Chicago and Nashville. After earning a doctorate at Vanderbilt University, he served in the U.S. Department of Education in the Bush and Obama administrations and later prepared teachers at Wheaton College. He is the author of many articles and seven books including The Happiness Crisis (August 2026).