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[Nick @MrWhiteHalifax]

@kcondranhrce Great post Kailey! If I think back to when I was a middle or high school student, I definitely would not have been able to resist the temptation of using AI to do my homework. I wonder how many students struggle to regulate their impulses around AI?

[Nick @MrWhiteHalifax]

@ASpelrem1 I agree! After my biology degree, I realized that First Nations cultures understood Ecology and Sustainability in ways that were centuries beyond their European counterparts. I would love to see more conservation ecology woven into our cultural practices.

[Nick @MrWhiteHalifax]

@ASpelrem1 Great post Andrew! I often find myself very surprised at staff meetings and PD when teachers can't read a graph or draw conclusions. Do you think a more rigorous research class in the B.Ed programs would help rectify this issue?

[Nick @MrWhiteHalifax]

@kj_macleod As humans, we tend to learn more from our mistakes rather than our accomplishments. If we use AI to eliminate any possible mistakes, is there actually authentic learning happening at all? How will we build frustration resilience during productive struggles?

[Nick @MrWhiteHalifax]

Very interesting read! This is a very hot topic right now across the globe. Where is the balance between necessity versus convenience of AI usage in education? We need to dig deeper and really ask ourselves, do we NEED this or do we just WANT it? #ED611045

[MindShift @MindShiftKQED]

Many students appear to be completing assignments faster while learning less from them. @jillbarshay @hechingerreport

https://t.co/ZCPpMEwaiy

[Nick @MrWhiteHalifax]

References: Explaining educational achievement among Indigenous individuals: how important are culture and language?

An old one but a good one. Worth the review in these trying times. #ED611045 https://t.co/86kmzaL7Zn

[Nick @MrWhiteHalifax]

Learning is messy for student and teacher both. Mistakes will be made. Modelling kindness, humility and hard-work creates security and community. #ED611045

[Tes Global @TesGlobalX]

Students notice what gets attention in a classroom​.
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When effort, kindness and contribution are what get named out loud, those are the behaviours students start to associate with success​.

That shift starts with one deliberate decision about what to notice first​. Our free guide gives you five practical ways to make that decision consistently​.

Download your free copy: https://t.co/ecr0b4EFDX

[Nick @MrWhiteHalifax]

In our school, we’ve had a significant reduction is behavioural challenges. Is it a trend happening nation wide like our neighbours across the pond? #ED611045

[Cierzo 💎🤟🏼🖖🏼💙🚀🛸🤺🛼🇪🇸🇬🇧🇨🇴 @cierzo1]

Pupils with special educational needs (SEND) continue to have some of the highest rates of suspensions and permanent exclusions. Nearly nine in 10 permanent exclusions that happen in primary schools involve a child who has SEND. https://t.co/TxDS6UATxZ

[Nick @MrWhiteHalifax]

Interesting read. #ED611045

[EveryLibrary @EveryLibrary]

Schools that have high-quality library programs and library staff benefit the entire student body. Student achievement is at an all-time high when care and consideration are put into a library’s collection, staffing, and funding.https://t.co/Xfguei60Mf
#Library #Libraries #Services #Resources #Care #Consideration

[Nick @MrWhiteHalifax]

School libraries are essential, especially in elementary school. #ED611045

[Teach Primary @TeachPrimary]

How taking one step at a time, and drawing ideas from the local library, turned a school’s lacklustre view of books into a thriving reading culture… | via @verityisreading https://t.co/zAxOn7BgGO @primary_hub

[Nick @MrWhiteHalifax]

Interesting read! Right on theme with last weeks assignment. #ED611045

[TeachingLD @TeachingLD]

📚 Can AI generate reading passages that are instructionally useful?

As teachers prepare for the new year, this FREE article explores what educators should know about using AI to create and adapt reading materials.
🔗 https://t.co/i5bCDP3sbi

#AIinEducation #Literacy

[Nick @MrWhiteHalifax]

What do we think crew? Have you noticed a difference in learning with students who like you versus those who do not? #ED611045

[Brad Weinstein @WeinsteinEdu]

Strong teacher-student relationships are not a bonus part of learning.

They shape whether students feel safe enough to participate, take academic risks, receive feedback, and stay engaged when the work becomes difficult.

This does not mean teachers have to be liked by every student in a popularity-contest sense. It means students need to believe the adult in the room sees them, respects them, and remains steady even when correction is needed.

Learning requires vulnerability.

Students are more willing to be vulnerable with adults they trust.

[Nick @MrWhiteHalifax]

The history of Africville is essential education to anyone who hopes to teach in Halifax. This is a must watch. #ED611045

[Christopher Martell @chriscmartell]

If you have never heard of Africville in Nova Scotia or the Congress of Black Writers in Montréal, then you must watch this amazing new documentary on Black liberation in Canada. Useful for world history teachers in U.S. or teachers in Canada. #sschat https://t.co/ynce1VuDhn

[Nick @MrWhiteHalifax]

Do you think people with higher brain activity have a higher chance of being overwhelmed or frustrated? Would love to see this concept explored further. #ED611045

[Richard Haier @rjhaier]

Terrific new paper:
Intelligence, Task Difficulty, and the Regulation of Activity in the Brain's Default Mode Network https://t.co/sTPIM3mEih

[Nick @MrWhiteHalifax]

A poll can be bias and misleading. Maybe we need some more reliable research in what Canadians believe. Will the removal of "no fail policies" actually improve student success? #ED611045

[SecondStreet.org @SecondStreetOrg]

Canadians are sending a clear message about K-12 education.

A new https://t.co/zUEKXhpoTl poll found:

• **53%** believe the public school system has gone in the wrong direction over the past 20 years.
• **77%** oppose "no fail" policies that automatically move students to the next grade regardless of performance.

The poll also found strong support for restoring traditional discipline, allowing teachers to deduct marks for late assignments, and getting back to teaching core subjects.

Do you think Canada's K-12 school system needs a reset?

Read the full report:
https://t.co/OoFMLJutYC

[Nick @MrWhiteHalifax]

@mme_sarita1 This was one of the first articles I wanted to post as well! Would love to see this work branch out to other areas of the world to see if the results were consistent. #ED611045