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My Facebook reply to a discussion on bullying.

My Facebook reply to a discussion on bullying.

A couple of days ago, I posted a link to a Quebec Gov website consultation on bullying.  In response to a comment suggesting that our schools had the power and tools they need and that this was perhaps simply a distraction. I expanded greatly on why I think this is worth responding to and I spoke to some of the problems we face in dealing with the issue.

Here is my reply:

See, there’s more to it…

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"My wife is a lazy-liar" post.

As we near the end of this K-11 school year, as a Commissioners, I would send out a special thanks along with this tidbit of humour.

I first saw this post on a friend’s FB timeline – she is a teacher and she posted it on her husband’s timeline. I found it to be very funny, but so much I know resonates.  My own wife has returned to early childhood education, and I get to say things at 9pm in the…

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Wouldn't it be nice...

Wouldn’t it be nice…

… if elected leadership spent its time reflecting on articles like this instead of wasting so much time on … balderdash.

Truly,

Steve

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Transparency in government

It must be four, maybe five years ago now, where I first called for Commissioner expense accounts to be posted online for all to see. “Why not?”, I asked…  I certainly don’t feel I have anything to hide. And I don’t really think anyone else in our Council does either.

But no – we still don’t post them.

A glimmer of hope now – maybe a real shift in the culture of governance in Quebec:

“People want…

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A meeting with Pauline Marois about school taxes

Apparently, Pauline Marois is interested in calling a little meeting for Quebec’s school boards and herself.

Video & story here.

There is nothing I would like more, but sadly, there is likely only vapour behind her hypocritical “tough talk”.  Mme Marois…

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Are we training lab mice?

From Diane Ravitch’s blog:

A teacher in Broward County writes:

“I am tired of hearing about data. We teach CHILDREN, every time I hear about the data, I feel like they think we are training lab mice,”

This is the battle I find myself in, as a technology…

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