Can I Learn Anything from a Canadian?
Interest in the education system in British Columbia and Canada generally seems to be at an all time high. Likely, in part driven by high PISA (International testing) results, edu-tourism is...
View ArticleSuperintendent Blogging Should Be a Fixture
This post is a copy of a column in this month’s AASA School Administrator Magazine WAY BACK IN 2012, it seemed like almost everyone had a blog. At the time, it appeared a blog (or weblog as it was...
View ArticleMy “Top 3” Lists for 2019
Welcome to the 10th “Top 3” List. When I started blogging, one of the things I started with was this year-end list. Everyone loves a year end list! And this was intended to be a little different....
View ArticleHow Do BC School Superintendents Spend Their Time?
Happy September! There is a lot going on this fall in schools and I have no shortage of ideas to explore related to COVID and schooling, but as we head back to school I wanted to use my post this week...
View ArticleWhat Did I Learn From Anthony McLean?
We have an Opening Day tradition in West Vancouver. The first day back with staff we come together for a series of annual rituals and a keynote address from a speaker who helps set the tone for the...
View Article10 Years and Still Going
The Culture of Yes turns 10 this month. 364 posts later, and here we are. Starting this blog seemed like a natural fit. In an earlier time I had been a newspaper columnist so was pretty familiar...
View ArticleLast 10, Today and Next 10
I was recently part of an interesting national conversation “Future Proofing Education – The Past is a Prologue” with four other superintendents from across Canada. In 2011, early in my...
View ArticleLessons of an Adult Student
It had been a while since I had been a student. I finished my Masters degree in 1999 – that was last century! At the time, I had imagined continuing on immediately into my doctorate. I actually...
View ArticleThis is Post 400
I loved this quote above that I saw recently from Adam Grant. It nicely summarizes what I love about this space. I look back at posts I have written over the last twelve years and see how my...
View ArticleHas COVID Changed How Adults Learn in School?
I have written numerous times about the impact of COVID on student learning. In 7 COVID Edu Trends That Will Stick I wrote about shifts from an increased focus on equity, to greater digitization of...
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