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August 19, 2022 “You’re just a glorified babysitter” a (non-teaching) husband ‘joked’ to his (teacher) wife.“… I went to school, I know what teachers do and I can see what
7/21/2022 I was talking to a teacher this week and he was telling me stories of how exciting it had been to see a student teacher working with his class.
New Zealand is already a country with progressive values and practices in education. We already have a standards-based assessment system for university entrance, flexible enough to cater for different student
In New Zealand, the majority of schools are still led in a familiar top-down format that we have known since the last century. A positive is that a growing number
Thousands of schools around the world have leaders pushing for some sort of change. Educational change exists on a spectrum from administrative to an organizational learning culture. Listening to the
America and other countries are finally waking up to the unfairness and thus meaningless nature of standardized testing. The sad part is how predictable it was that it would take
STEP 1: Create Your Crossword Curriculum Despite thousands of initiatives around the world, it remains difficult to change the hearts and minds and especially habits of both schools and their
In 2011, the school I have the privilege of leading was proud to announce it was to become the first BYOD school in New Zealand. I was approached by the
I recently worked with a school that had asked me to help out with professional development. Before I arrived at the school, I asked my contact to provide me with
This is my third post in a series looking at assessment and how the questions are increasingly being asked about how, when, and why we assess in schools. I will