Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

04.15.26 The Champion Advantage: Get the Same Video Coaching as Michigan’s Dusty May

Recently, TLAC founder Doug Lemov was profiled in The Athletic for his work with Michigan Basketball head coach Dusty May. The article, which appeared just before Michigan won the national championship, described how May had studied video tape of his own teaching with Doug. Dusty sent Doug video of his film sessions with players and the…


01.10.26 Sustaining Success: The Harmony Public Schools Story Continues

Harmony Public Schools keeps moving forward. We ultimately measure the success of our partnerships by what happens after our work with a school, district, or network has ended. Do key leader and teacher actions continue (and get even better)? Is student achievement strong and continuing to improve? By those measures, Harmony Public Schools is one of…