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Artificial Intelligence in Schools
As technology continues to proliferate all around us, I have wondered about the impact artificial intelligence (AI) will have on education, especially on teaching and learning. You need not look ve
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A Special Time
I love the Christmas Season in school districts; it is both an exhausting and a joyous time.
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My Big Three for 2020
Welcome to 2020. As is my custom each January, I will lay out my predictions in the world of education for the calendar year. Each year I am torn about how deeply I should go into this. As I hav
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Where to From Here?
At one of my recent school visits, a colleague asked me where I think the district needs to go next in terms of its goals. The question came out of a spirited discussion we were having about the in
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Student Voice: Are you Really Listening (#2)
I made a commitment earlier this year to have focused meetings with students in our secondary schools as an integral part of my school visits. I do because I gain valuable insight into the perspect
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How Well Do You Understand Your Child’s Report Card?
A few years ago when we were updating our strategic plan (in much the same way we are now), we reached out to parents, staff and community members to ask about the things we needed to consider so a
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Student Voice: Are You Really Listening (#3: WJ Mouat)
The last three weeks have been the most surreal in my career. I would have never dreamed that the place we call school could be so dramatically disrupted in such a short period of time. But COVID
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Student Voice: Are you Really Listening? (#4: Robert Bateman Secondary)
I was fortunate to host my fourth student meeting of the year just prior to Spring Break, and before the pandemic postponed face to face classes. Much like the previous meeting with students from W
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Reflections on the Protests for Racial Justice
I would be remiss if as an educator, superintendent and black man I did not comment on the world-wide anti-racism protests which have been sparked by the recent murder of George Floyd.
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