Exploring education

Every now and then, we all have “one of those days”. They usually start out bad and go downhill from there.   Mine usually start off witho...

You could see the panic in their faces - and then the relief. They were students in their final year of high school on a visit to campus t...

There have been many reformers offering ideas for improving numeracy in our schools.   Many of them advocate the use of specific commercial ...

It is no secret that a great deal is expected of schools. Our curriculum documents overflow with worthy content - and even some content that...

The word of education is awash with data – particularly testing results. While I personally have significant reservations about both the use...

A week ago my knowledge of the education system of Finland was, to be honest,   almost non-existent.    I knew that they were consistently r...

It is common when blogging   to re-post video that is current, up to date, modern.   I’m breaking with that trend on this post by linking t...