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Day 87 (of 2024/25) oh no… literally “imagine it on the front page of the newspaper” I hate it when a colleague makes a poor decision that https://vancouversun.com/news/bc-principal-suspended-duct-taping-student-chair Oh no. It’s like a bad joke coming to life. In staff rooms such an experiment might be talked about, but restraint such as this is a…

Day 86 (of 2024/25) get the popcorn – notes: writing vs typing part XVIII Writing notes instead of typing pits scholars against each other — The Hechinger Report Love this debate (mainly because of what I’ve looked into via neuroscience, while my bias is typing (based on my own ancient university experience) I actually think…

I had some time to think while travelling to my grandmas mini memorial (100 years old!!) and saw a couple of articles that made me ponder… education does a lot… what could/should/ought to be deleted – especially as everybody has “more” that they wish schools did. The first article was the acknowledgement that the Lowry…

Day 84 (of 2024/25) an arcade mindset… hear me out… A text chat with a friend had us talking a bit about the ‘good old days’ of the coin operated arcades (even though likely cost a lot more in various quarter drops than what our Nintendo switch and games have ended up costing to play…

Day 83 (of 2024/25) #BlackExcellenceDay 18 school districts – including sign language interpreters – joining us to make this an inclusive event! Www.blackexcellenceday.ca Sam Darkoh is our emcee (Riverdale!!)  Love that we are starting with Carolyn Roberts – Re-storying Education is her latest book helping with decolonizing education. Always love how she shares the message…

Day 83 (of 2024/25) at over 100 years of age, a passing may not be surprising, but it is still a loss My remaining grandparent passed this past weekend. Last year we celebrated her 100th birthday. An amazing streak considering she took on cancer (with the help of my mom who moved back ‘home’ to…

Day 82 (of 2024/25) thank you AJ Brown @1k_alwaysopen for being a reading role model Playoffs football. The NFL is in its playoff season, and the tv crew caught AJ Brown (receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles) reading a book after a frustrating series… But was it frustrating? “A.J. Brown says book wasn’t sign of frustration:…

Day 81 (of 2024/25) a funny thing happened as i challenge myself with this blog One of my challenges to myself with this blog is to push myself to communicate differently. I started doing some more of the videos I’ve pushed in the past… I like that this one was noticed by B.C. news icons…

Day 80 (of 2024/25) happy anniversary #montessori https://apple.news/AiC2k-wSrTWWiIwSsH71Sfw https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-trailblazing-teacher-maria-montessori-transformed-the-realm-of-childrens-education-180985723/ This first week of 2025 also connects with the birthday of one of the great education thinkers… schools (especially preschools) continue to use her name to market her philosophy ~ even if they don’t actually authentically follow her approaches, because it isn’t as easy to visualize…

Big thanks to www.blackexcellenceday.ca – a great group of educators who have worked to highlight some ideas and supports to highlight some of the amazing work done by a group of people that don’t often pop up in our older history books – or the old “Canada Heritage Minutes” such as this one on the…