September 20, 2023 I was asked yesterday by a teacher how I am still going strong after 38 years in education (30 as a classroom teacher). Her school starts later
September 18, 2023 How about if we explore the value of Transparency and discuss how, when practiced, it can serve as a building block, part of a solid foundation for
March 18, 2022 & September 15, 2023 In this episode of the Meaningful Learning podcast by Coconut Thinking, I speak with Bern Nicholls. Bern is a school-based researcher who focuses
September 14, 2023 Sometimes time seems like my nemesis. There’s either not enough of it and too much to do or there’s too much unstructured time and difficulty choosing how
September 13, 2023 Publication is scheduled for early October 2023. For updates on the publication of this book, click here. This is the second of two excerpts from Stephen’s new
September 12, 2023 The Progressive Education movement started in the 1920s and went into a roar during the Depression led by advocates like John Dewey. It soon joined forces in
September 11, 2023 In 2000, I met neuroscientist Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, then a doctoral student at Harvard Graduate School of Education (she is now a professor at the University of
In this episode, I speak with Joanne McEachen (Waitaha, Ngāti Māmoe, and Ngāi Tahu), CEO and Founder of The Learner First. Joanne has spent over 30 years working as a
September 7, 2023 The disruption to schooling in the early months of the pandemic led me to 1939, Operation Pied Piper, and the work of pediatrician and psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott.
September 6, 2023 The year 2023 may still be in its third quarter, but it has already proven to be a devastating legislative year for transgender people in the United States.