I like the reconciliation sentiment in the title of this article: Let's find middle ground for the good of all students - and wouldn't it be great if the assumption was that we can't talk about reading without also talking about writing? bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

My thoughts on the Right to Read #OHRC Report: Stephen Lecce York Region DSB Education Ontario CTL | OISE

Very excited to share my first publication – The Impact of COVID-19 Anxiety on Quality of Life in Canadian Adults: The Moderating Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty and Health Locus of Control. doi.org/10.1037/cbs000…

Ontario's COVID wastewater signals are levelling off (even declining) in many parts of the province & the pace of hospitalization appears to be plateauing as well. Great to see. It's still early & there's a lot of COVID out there, but we may be headed out of this wave.

Do you want to really know about a slice of Canadian History and Geography you didn't learn in school? Listen to Tomson Highway's incredible memoir, Permanent Astonishment. Highway was born in a snowbank in the sub-Arctic (now Nunavut), to a nomadic, caribou-hunting Cree family.

Here's another brilliant memoir and must-read. Thistle is Métis-Cree, from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, and now, an assistant professor in Humanities at York University in Toronto. We must learn our history through these stories.

The number of hate crimes in Toronto reported to police rose again in 2021, a year that saw the Jewish community as the most targeted group and a significant increase in anti-Asian incidents. #itsscaryoutthere #knowthefacts

STARTING NOW: We're discussing how insights from cognitive science can help make education more inclusive, effective, and fun. Tune in, submit questions and follow along with #MakingSchoolsWork: brook.gs/3NRd748

Proud to have been a part of this #DSAO #OntarioMinistryofEducation funded project. Access the resource at schooltransitions.ca/en/index.html

Went to a meeting of a newly formed international coalition of literacy educators to discuss SoR…really inspiring and also a little scary to learn about this wave of phonics teaching taking over literacy worldwide

Definition: Dyslexia means an unexpected difficulty in reading for an individual who has the intelligence to be a much better reader, most commonly caused by a difficulty in phonological processing - Shaywitz, p. 100

If you really want to know how I and many Canadian jews are feeling right now, please read my new blog. blogs.timesofisrael.com/how-am-i-i-am-…

"As Anishinaabe, we are troubled by the expressions of hatred against Jews and Zionists, and the disappointing ignorance, fueled by misinformation coming from universities." Read this deputation by The Hon. Harry LaForme & me, to Committee-an Anishinaabe perspective:

Highly recommend…