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Way to Change. Professor @BostonCollege & @UOttawa . President of @arceducation1 Long distance hiker. Lancashire lad. 🍁

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Andy Hargreaves
4 years
I am incredibly sad that my very dear friend & courageous champion of creative learning everywhere is no longer with us. It's hard to grasp he's no longer here to inspire millions. His legacy is & will be immense. With great sorrow. @pasi_sahlberg @MichaelFullan1 @arceducation1
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Sir Ken Robinson
4 years
It is with heavy hearts that we announce Sir Ken Robinson died peacefully yesterday, 21st August 2020, surrounded by family after a short battle with cancer. We will be following up with a further update as we begin to follow Sir Ken’s wishes and honour his legacy.
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50 years ago today, we plighted our troth. I feel so lucky to have had all these golden years with my wife and life partner, Pauline. ❤️❤️
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Andy Hargreaves
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Wales abolishes all high school exams for 2021. The mounting question everywhere now is do we really need exams any more at all? @steve_munby @GHCDon @dylanwiliam @pasi_sahlberg
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With the literal love of my life in Hong Kong with ⁦ @hargreaves_s ⁩ family in the year though not yet the month of our 50th. My eyes still light up whenever I see her. ❤️ ⁦ @lucyhargreaves4
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"Children avoid school because they find it hostile, disturbing & largely pointless" Stop blaming the parents, the kids, the teachers..anybody except government policy, exams & inspection regimes that suck the life out of secondary schools @LordJimKnight
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"Schools are not just a place for learning. They are places where kids socialise, develop emotionally &, for some, a refuge from troubled family life". Why physical schools are here to stay. @CTFFCE @eduint @dennisshirley @chenine_ca @WholeEducation @ASCD
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Andy Hargreaves
6 years
It's official. I have retired from @BostonCollege - not from work, or life, but from this to join @lucyhargreaves4 & family in #ottawa . Thanks to @BCLSOE for 15 wonderful years. @dennisshirley @BlusteinDavid @pasi_sahlberg @CTF_FCE_PRES
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Unbelievable example of the power of poetry. Thank you @TheAmandaGorman - there's more to education than reading comprehension & STEM. @dennisshirley @DrBiden
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Amanda Gorman is spitting BARS
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Andy Hargreaves
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Bigger class size depletes #professionalcapital - It isn't just about more people to manage. It's about less capacity to be inclusive, less opportunity to differentiate, and less time to collaborate. @CarolCampbell4 @joelwestheimer @otffeo
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M Shahidul Islam
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@CarolCampbell4 @otffeo @OISEUofT @AERA_EdResearch A simple math ”...if you increase class size by 20%, you are increasing workload by 20%. Particularly, you are losing about 20% of your capacity to respond to the social justice issues of all students in the class.”-- @HargreavesBC
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Andy Hargreaves
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Welcome to my office during virtual school. Thanks to Ontario teachers for keeping my grandkids engaged. ⁦ @ETFOeducators ⁩ ⁦ @CarolCampbell4 ⁩ ⁦ @lucyhargreaves4 ⁩ ⁦ @OTFpresFEO ⁩ ⁦ @eduint ⁩ 🙏
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Who gets 2 mths winter vacation & 3 mths in the summer? ONTARIO MPPs. So why does the Premier pointedly state teachers "get their 3 month holidays" & so....... @OTFpresFEO @calphonso @MitzieHunter @CarolCampbell4 @Anniekidder @joelwestheimer
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Andy Hargreaves
4 years
4 things teachers can do for their kids & themselves during this pandemic - my 2 min video for @arceducation1 originally from @DoucetArmand is here. @eduint @LearningForward @pasi_sahlberg @SirKenRobinson @valeriestrauss
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Still true. Always true.
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Pнıʟ McRαε
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“Teaching is usually performed in imperfect conditions, in the face of conflicting expectations & demands. Sustained system improvement can never be done to or for teachers; it can only be done by & with them.” ~Hargreaves @HargreavesBC Fullan @MichaelFullan1 #onted #abed
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Andy Hargreaves
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I'm incredibly honored (& was at first a bit surprised to discover) that I've been elected to join very distinguished peers such as @DrHowardGardner @LDH_ed @MichaelFullan1 & @jamespspillane in the US National Academy of Education. @BostonCollege @uOttawa
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4 years
My Mum cleaned people's houses. Cleaners always matter. 🧹🧹🧹 Now, keeping things clean is a matter of survival. Bravo to all our cleaners. @janetifimust @AlmaHarris1 @steve_munby @wilfarmstrong 👏👏👏
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Josep Goded
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The cleaning staff at our hospitals are hardly ever mentioned and they also deserve a tribute!
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Andy Hargreaves
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The insult re @DrBiden 's doctorate is disrespectful to ♀️, academics, & ed researchers. My 650 pp PhD took 11 years, involved archives, stats, & interviews, & led to a book. Don't tell me a podiatrist, for example, is worth more than that, or @DrBiden - @CarolCampbell4 @WomenEd
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Andy Hargreaves
3 years
Student engagement - the proofs just came. Release date is June. We’ll be tweeting 25 daily quotes in advance.⁦ @SolutionTree ⁩ ⁦ @dennisshirley ⁩ ⁦ @MarlaUcelli ⁩ ⁦ @DrHowardGardner ⁩ ⁦ @TeacherToolkit ⁩ ⁦ @PedroANoguera ⁩ ⁦ @arceducation1 ⁩ ⁦
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2 years
Finally they’ve arrived. Just in time for today’s ⁦ @ICSEIglobal ⁩ symposium on well-being. ⁦ @ASCD ⁩ ⁦ @dennisshirley ⁩ ⁦ @marcbrackett ⁩ ⁦ @caselorg ⁩ ⁦ @valeriestrauss ⁩ ⁦ @DrJeanforkids ⁩ ⁦ @vaillancourt_dr ⁩ ⁦ @uOttawaEdu
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Andy Hargreaves
3 years
Here's 6 post-pandemic changes we advise for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 & you? 1 Transform school exams 2 Make ed tech free as a human right 3 More learning outdoors 4 Coaching for all leaders 5 More flexible system @pasi_sahlberg @CarolCampbell4 @AlmaHarris1 @ChrisChapmanGla
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Andy Hargreaves
3 years
Congratulations to @JoeBiden - winner of the 2020 🇺🇸 election -To all Democrat colleagues & friends, please reach out to honorable Republican friends, and seek their partnership to solve America's crises of health, wealth & social division together @MaryBridgetEdu @BostonCollege
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"School leaders will need to be discerning about the digital products they choose & be careful about striking a balance between technology and pedagogy". Arguably the best writing I've ever seen from @AlmaHarris1 & @MichelleSJones1 @SwanseaUni - @MichaelFullan1 @steve_munby
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3 years
Today this account reached 40,000 followers. Some of them could be dead, of course. For those of you who aren't, thanks for engaging. Let's keep moving good ideas around.
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Sir Ken Robinson, his life and work, & his invaluable contribution to the @arceducation1 movement - with tributes from @steve_munby & @pasi_sahlberg . This piece is for him and his memory. @tristateach @calphonso @YngveLindvig
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Leadership from the Middle is not a level or tier but the beating heart of educational transformation. Inspired design by @RoutledgeEd for the final cover for the book: out July/August. @malloy_john @cathymontreuil @Kathleen_Wynne @dennisshirley @YongZhaoEd @OPCouncil @TobyGreany
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Why we should stop obsessing about learning loss. It's an excuse to bring back high-stakes testing. Great article by @YongZhaoEd - @DianeRavitch @vaillancourt_dr @joelwestheimer @EducatorJess
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Yong Zhao, Ph.D
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My article Build back better: Avoid the learning loss trap just published in Prospects @pasi_sahlberg @HargreavesBC @dennisshirley @EcnuE
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"Learning loss is at best an exaggeration and at worst a punitive lie". Excellent op ed in @globeandmail by @JoshFullan this weekend. @MichaelFullan1 @joelwestheimer @EducatorJess @mshagerman @dennisshirley
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What our International Advisory Council recommends for Scottish education @tes @TESScotland @pasi_sahlberg @ChrisChapmanGla @AlmaHarris1 @CarolCampbell4 @BCLSOE
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Self-efficacy theory influences schools and teachers the world over. Its inventor, Canadian-born Albert Bandura, has passed away age 95, leaving a huge legacy for learning and achievement. @EducatorJess @DrHowardGardner @Jenni_Donohoo @MichaelFullan1
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Andy Hargreaves
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#16 "Intrinsic motivation is about learning for its own sake, for personal interest, or to pursue an important purpose, rather than to attract praise or get a higher grade." A quote a day from my new book with @dennisshirley @DianeRavitch @Norah_Marsh @TDOttawa @MichaelFullan1
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Andy Hargreaves
4 years
This is my Mum, Doris. She was named after the nurse who cared for my Grandad in hospital through the flu pandemic of 1918. Let's hear it for all the nurses & health workers we depend on so much, now & always. 👏👏👏 @lucyhargreaves4 @hargreaves_s @ChrisChapmanGla
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Andy Hargreaves
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"Leading Collaborative Professionalism" can now be downloaded for free from Let @mtpoc & I know what you think and more ideas you have. @MichaelFullan1 @cathymontreuil @steve_munby @huwthomas @AlmaHarris1
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Proud to announce @legofoundation $2.7m partnership w our @chenine team @uottawa to build, support & research a network of playful schools for high needs students beyond early years in 🇨🇦 @jillscott68 @calphonso @joelwestheimer @tristateach @DrJeanforkids
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Andy Hargreaves
4 years
Congratulations to 🇳🇿 @jacindaardern - hopefully the 1st of many leaders rising from the pandemic who will bring back equity, empathy & decency into our 🌐 @pasi_sahlberg @Claire_Sinnema @chrishipkins @LordJimKnight
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"Educational inequality cannot be solved through social and emotional learning" @dennisshirley & I also criticize psych strategies of SEL as insufficient responses to inequality.
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Andy Hargreaves
3 years
Our Open Letter from the Royal Society of Canada COVID-19 & Education group to @fordnation & @Sflecce to heed the science & our children by reopening Ontario schools safely & without delay. @vaillancourt_dr (Chair) @joelwestheimer @calphonso @krushowy @CarolCampbell4 @uOttawa
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Andy Hargreaves
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To all my followers of Jewish, Christian & Muslim faiths, of other faiths, and no specific faith, I wish you peace, rest, health & hope in the coming days & the prospect of light at the end of this tunnel.
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Andy Hargreaves
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Coming up all November. 30 quotes in 30 days from my controversial new @ascd book with @dennisshirley on Well-being in Schools with endorsements from @DianeRavitch @pasi_sahlberg @MichaelFullan1 @RichLouv #DrRuth & more. @a_rebora @stuartmacalpine @joelwestheimer @JenAdamsEd
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Andy Hargreaves
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Instead of asking poor kids to beat the odds; we need to change the odds of race & class after COVID-19 that divide 🇺🇸 - moving article in @nytimes by @MonaHannaA @JoeBiden @DianeRavitch @PedroANoguera @dennisshirley
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Andy Hargreaves
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This book had the greatest influence on my own lifelong research on teaching. It was the most cited book on teaching by a living author. Sadly, no more, as its author Dan Lortie, passed away on May 5, aged 94. RIP. @MichaelFullan1 @pasi_sahlberg @dennisshirley @AmandaDatnow
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6 years
More and more countries are rethinking their approach to large-scale assessments @CarolCampbell4 @MichaelFullan1 @GLoganEd @EricHeins @VTAgencyofAg @pasi_sahlberg @HenryBraunBC
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Pнıʟ McRαε
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New Zealand announces removal of standardized testing in all elementary schools “This means that, from their judgements & observation, teachers will be able to quickly change their teaching practice to suit children’s needs” @pasi_sahlberg #abed #edchat
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99.75% of a teenager's life satisfaction has nothing to do with social media, says research study. So banning smartphones in classes won't work. Only more engaging classrooms will. @philmcrae @pasi_sahlberg @jean_twenge @LisaThompsonMPP
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Andy Hargreaves
2 years
#1 "The emphasis on well-being must not degenerate into a quest for happiness alone. It must retain its association with effort, sacrifice, fulfillment, & accomplishment" 30 quotes in 30 days from Well-being in Schools with @dennisshirley for @ASCDconf @GLoganEd @EducatorJess
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"You can't spend your whole life criticizing something and then when you have the chance to do it better, refuse to go near it" Vaclav Havel. Inspiring words when you're in Prague for @ICCAWorld @MichaelFullan1 @CarolCampbell4 @JohnSwinney @dennisshirley @ChrisChapmanGla @JJ_UFS
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Andy Hargreaves
3 years
I'm literally walking away from twitter in 12hrs for a week in the wilds. 🥾🥾🐻🐻🪰🪰 See you in a few days.
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Andy Hargreaves
3 years
Honoured to join a cast of educators, artists & Hollywood stars for upcoming, virtual, & creative "Imagine if" memorial for Ken Robinson. Coming soon. @KateRobinson89 @pasi_sahlberg @arceducation1 @uOttawa @stuartmacalpine @mshagerman @joelwestheimer @richardgerver @theRSAorg
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The answers to overwhelmed teachers are more in-school time for collaboration & more in-class support for high-needs kids.
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Pasi Sahlberg
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Teachers' mega strike in NZ: “Teachers are overwhelmed and we don’t have time to teach. That is a huge struggle." @NZEICampaigns @AGavrielatos
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4 years
Inspiring to hear @JustinTrudeau 🇨🇦speak directly to children every weekend about staying positive, helping out at home, supporting seniors in the community etc - so they can look back & remember what they did in history. #leadership @lucyhargreaves4 @malloy_john @PeterMDeWitt
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Andy Hargreaves
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Don't fall for it! Arming of teachers ploy is crowding out gun control coverage. Stay on message everyone. @DianeRavitch @rweingarten @valeriestrauss @RepJoeKennedy @SenWarren @Lily_NEA
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Andy Hargreaves
2 years
Just arrived ⁦ @uleadconference ⁩ . You don’t get views like this in a virtual conference. Inside great minds & outdoors in nature. What a combo ⁦ @philmcrae ⁩ ⁦ @pasi_sahlberg ⁩ ⁦ @tristateach ⁩ ⁦ @DoucetArmand
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Andy Hargreaves
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I will not be tweeting about the ups & downs of #PISA this week. But no disrespect to those who do. Many combined data points & professional judgments can help us think harder about how to improve & be more equitable @pasi_sahlberg @MichaelFullan1 @CarolCampbell4 @AlmaHarris1
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Andy Hargreaves
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Why every school needs a research-informed teacher leader. @CarolCampbell4 @profvinnycho @LearningForward
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Andy Hargreaves
4 years
A nation on fire. A police state in the making. Working people who have had enough. And a President who cannot lead & doesn't care. I weep for America & democracy today. 🇺🇸😢 @PedroANoguera @LDH_ed @dennisshirley
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Andy Hargreaves
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I've had more retweets about announcing my retirement than anything else i ever posted. What does this mean? Seriously, I'm very touched by all the good wishes. @DianeRavitch @LordJimKnight @LDH_ed @pasi_sahlberg @CarolCampbell4
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Andy Hargreaves
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On another day of tragedy, what can educators do for the long term? Equity, inclusion, belonging, peace & responsibility, esp for boys @tes
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Andy Hargreaves
2 years
Perhaps we could pay Ministers like this. Pay most Ministers not enough to pay their mortgages from. Reward the top 10% judged by performance metrics with more. Oh, and shorten those long summer recesses where they kick back and do nothing for weeks!! @AGavrielatos @pasi_sahlberg
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Pasi Sahlberg
2 years
Performance pay to teachers coming to NSW. Is this an evidence-based policy? Nope! Wrong way, NSW! via @smh @LDH_ed @DianeRavitch @HargreavesBC @daveswords
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Andy Hargreaves
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I'm setting twitter aside until 2022. Stay safe. Be well. Take care of yourself & your loved ones. Peace & goodwill to all. In the words of Leon Shenandoah, "It is no longer good enough to cry peace, we must act peace, live peace & live in peace". 🕊️☮️
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30 quotes in 30 days from Leadership from the Middle. #1 "The middle is the centre, the core, the beating heart, the soul, and the guts of leadership; the place where we find its substance and constitution". @MichaelFullan1 @TobyGreany @kylielipscombe @dizdarm @GGillHHam1
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Canada 150. Equitable & diverse cabinet. A sane PM. High education performers. @cathmckenna @lucyhargreaves4 @MichaelFullan1 @MitzieHunter
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Andy Hargreaves
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Teaching is something you have to learn over the course of career - not just a year or two: @lucy_crehan speaking @ICSEImembers #ICSEI2018 @MichaelFullan1 @EricHeins
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Andy Hargreaves
4 years
Teacher wellbeing: what makes it sustainable or not? My article with @dennisshirley @Shaneewash in TATE is open for reading here for a few weeks @daveswords @SchleicherOECD @sdinhamunimelb @CarolCampbell4 @DrKatinaPollock @MichaelFullan1 @sammons_pamela
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"If safety dictates that classrooms can hold only half as many students, it follows that schools need twice as much room" (& people) Open gyms, cafes, colleges, stadiums, local streets, churches, unused offices. Hire more people. @DianeRavitch @rweingarten
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Andy Hargreaves
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. #Loserteachers don't indoctrinate; they educate. I've worked with many US educators, Republicans, Democrats & Independents, & they all bust their gut for all their students. I'm proud to be a #Loserteacher with them @DoucetArmand @jelmerevers @DianeRavitch @valeriestrauss
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Pasi Sahlberg
5 years
Why Donald Trump Jr.’s ‘loser teachers’ comment was ‘a chilling moment’ for educators around the world by @jelmerevers & al. via @washingtonpost @valeriestrauss @HargreavesBC @JaneCaro @daveswords @DianeRavitch
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Back to nature is good for learning - the value of unstructured outdoor play via @Eric_Dearing @dennisshirley @DrJeanforkids @MuntheElaine
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Collaborative learning, feedback & self-regulation.3 low cost winners @EducEndowFoundn @sambandrey @GLoganEd @mtpoc
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Children need to experience losses, failures & setbacks & not be overprotected - says research study of elite performers. @dennisshirley @Lem_Exeter
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Andy Hargreaves
3 years
Important new paper out today by @MichaelFullan1 on 4 Right Drivers for Ed Change. Note warnings against excesses of testing & AI. @CtrEdEcon @pasi_sahlberg @dennisshirley @chenine_ca @DianeRavitch
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Andy Hargreaves
7 years
Leading with dignity & decency: @JustinTrudeau shows the way. @MichaelFullan1 @joelwestheimer @MitzieHunter
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Justin Trudeau
7 years
To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith. Diversity is our strength #WelcomeToCanada
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My 7 yr old granddaughter Amelia has a new name for me. Grandy. It’s a cross between grandad and Andy. How can you not love that!! @lucyhargreaves4 @hargreaves_s @EducatorJess @joelwestheimer @mshagerman
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