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 @JRappaport27  Jordan Rappaport, Educator, Brown Ridge Public School, YRDSB     Susan Lamon estimates that over 90% of students who enter high sch...

 @moviemoe @WendyGoodman  (5 min read) Wendy Goodman & Maurice McFadden, Tyendinaga Public School, Hasting and Prince Edward DSB Engaging stu...

 @drknicki Patricia Kolonicki, Grade 9 educator, Division Avenue High School, Levitton, NY     As a teacher, finding ways to get students engaged i...

  “So my goal in thinking classrooms has always been not to build and find engaging tasks, but to build and engage students that can then be point...

Originally posted in November 2017, we thought that we would bring back one of our most enjoyable approaches to tackling issues in the classroom a...

You probably know the sort of guy that does this - the one that has a literal list of things he wants to do. Things to do today, this week, this m...

Continuous student engagement seems to be at the forefront of every educator's mind.   As it should be...    INTERESTINGLY enough though, student ...

There's a concept floating around out there about something called "peak moments," which refers to times in our lives that are intense, emotional,...

  There's no doubt about it. Research has repeatedly demonstrated that taking effective notes increases your chances of academic success.   So, w...

Have you ever made a mistake? Of course you have.   No one gets through life without making at least one, and most of us make lots of them... ever...

If you take a look at the great athletes and great leaders out there today, like Sydney Crosby for example, (yes , I am Canadian and a crazy-ass-ho...

There have always been controversial educational policies.   One of the most heavily debated of them all has to be associated with the question: W...