Ontario Public Education Needs a Hero - Right Now

Dark clouds are hovering over Ontario public education, right now.  Whether you blame the governmen…

Not Driving Ontario Families Out Of Public Education

A strong Public Education system is vital for a functional democracy. So many important parts of ou…

Explaining Why I Don't You Like Teacher Unions

Commented plenty on teacher unions over the years and their counterproductive moves that are dama…

What Are Your Thoughts On The #onpoli Debate?

Critique of last night's Ontario Election debate and a summary of each party's current stat…

Is Anyone Sending Their Kids To That Nice School Down The Street?

Special enrollment schools and programs are no longer in vogue as school boards looks to push a mor…

Parental Input In Public Education

Florida Parents Bill of Rights Law - aka Don't Say Gay Law has stirred up quite a bit of contro…

Questioning Masked Teaching

When masks wearing became optional for teachers, I made my choice to not continue. Why?  1. I belie…

Telling Teacher Unions To Calm Down

Been tapping my thumbs quite a bit on twitter lately, as it seems many educators have expressing th…

Stating The Problems with On Going Mask Mandates

As I fly back from scenic British Columbia and recall all the beautiful landsca…

1 Year Covid Thoughts

As we come up on the one year anniversary of Covid, I thought I would share some of things I have l…

Guest Ed Hicken Tells Educators Who Has It The Best

Why Everyone Wants to Work In Your Department Administration/Front Office: The of…

2020 Back To School Tips

Been so much discussion about the merits of various reopening plans that I thought a change of topi…

When The School Bell Rings - We Must Be Ready For All

Been certainly enough speculation from concerned parties about what is going to happen in Ontario S…

Unions - A Private Affair

So 2020 has been a bad year for a lot of people, including public sector unions. The one exception …

The Case Against French Immersion

Wrote this back in 2010 well before others, including Macleans  got into the act.  One of the tough…