Thursday, December 17, 2015

Interdisciplinary Project Time

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Being an MYP School, Hugh Boyd is required to do some "interdisciplinary" work.  That is, there is a requirement from the IB organ...
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Inclusiveness, a Profound 30 Year Shift

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Wandering around the school at lunch I always ponder what’s going on around me and how things have changed and continue to improve in the w...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

"Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing." - Oscar Wilde

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As I sit here watching teachers picket during Richmond's day of rotating strikes a number of complementary and conflicting notions regar...
Thursday, February 13, 2014

Change…From the Ground Up

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The changes coming to BCs Education system are profound and, in my opinion, well founded in educational and brain based research.  Moving to...
Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Our PISA Results. Good? Bad? Does it really matter?

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The latest PISA results are out and the ratings on Canada's performance range from  “This is on the scale of a national emergency,”    ...
Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Acceptable behaviour...how does your school achieve it?

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Though details regarding what constitutes acceptable behaviour change from school to school, the big picture is pretty much the same whereve...
Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Let Kids Make Decisions...and Mistakes

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As both an educator and a parent I need to constantly remind myself to let kids, both my own and the students with whom I work, make as many...