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Incoming Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes just showed us what a real patriot looks like. While Trump threatens prison for defending the Constitution, Barnes says: bring it. He’s standing with the people, not the strongmen. Protecting protest, rejecting military force. That’s

“The problem [is] a misunderstanding of how memory actually works. When we memorise multiplication tables or vocabulary words, we're not just storing isolated facts, we're building structured knowledge that enables mathematical intuition and sophisticated reasoning. These aren't

Keynote Presentation: Dr. Jamie Metsala's keynote, "The Right to Read: What's at Stake for Students?" (June 7, 2025) is now posted, by popular demand. Follow the link to access the full slide show. TY Jamie Metsala 🇨🇦 for capturing the audience #rEDTO25 drive.google.com/file/d/1BiLuln…

What's New? Globally-recognized student assessment researcher Dylan Wiliam 's Closing Talk at researchED Toronto (June 7, 2025) is now posted & accessible to everyone. It's yours, with a caveat. Our guest speaker Dylan "does not want to see it on e-Bay" #rEDTO25 #cdned #ONTed

Kids are in crisis because adults think insane proposals like this make sense. Parent your damn kids, I’m begging you. Quit handing off your responsibilities to them to screens and technology and peers and, for goodness’ sake, Chatbots.

Why can’t we agree on what great teaching looks like? tes.com/magazine/teach…

I have an ambition to meme my way into informing people of Direct Instruction's superiority.

This is way beyond my expectations. Wow is right!

The decline of educational standards in the US has been mirrored in Canada. Alberta is the only province with grade 12 standardized exams. From the post: “China has legions of scholars building systems of drones that are far superior to our own. The margin between them and us

Congrats MAGA, you did it.

When one student is allowed to derail every lesson, it’s not just the teacher’s sanity at stake but the intellectual development of every one of their peers in the room. Classrooms aren’t able to support every action of every misbehaved kid that walks through the door. They’re

I just signed a petition: Better BC Schools. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/bett…

It’s Toolkit Tuesday! Boost reading comprehension with the GIST Toolkit from Great Middle Schools—research-based strategies, examples, & organizers to help grades 4–9 students grasp and express what they read.📚 greatmiddleschools.org/toolkits/readi…

Australia in 2025: Guy Claxton gives a lecture on the science of learning. Peter Sullivan and Peter Liljedahl give talks on explicit maths teaching. What’s next? Jo Boaler on cognitive load theory? There are local genuine experts who could be booked instead.

And now I hear Liljedahl is presenting about explicit instruction. Hopefully, it signals the end of encouraging this kind of “teaching” at least

Sitting at the YMCA watching my 3-year-old son receive explicit instruction in swimming. "Move your arms like this, show me hold your breath, kick your feet". All with practice, repetition, and constant positive feedback. This is the way we learn.

Student learning is more important than teacher autonomy. That shouldn’t be a controversial opinion but it is. We would never consider pilot autonomy or doctor autonomy more important than a successful flight or medical treatment. We expect pilots and doctors to use the best

This is how we should have treated him. “Enjoy your night, mate.”

We’re prescribing breathing exercises to children drowning in anxiety, poverty and pressure, then blaming them when they don’t float. Schools can’t fix what society keeps breaking. NEW post on why breathing won’t save a broken system Link in reply