"Feedback is data, not destiny. How are you experiencing today, now? " Nouman Ashraf

If you work in a support role, hearing the same question 10,000-times can be wearying... ... but for the person seeking support and asking it for their first-time, they deserve a first-time answer: enthusiastic and compassionate.

reflecting on the quote "Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection."

Sept Research Matters (SRA) the-sra.org.uk/common/Uploade… This month has a survey focus, including the topics: - Differential incentives - SEND longitudinal study (Special Education Needs and Disabilities) - Participant vulnerability - Determining Impact

As you review your data, keep track of the questions you are considering and the answers you find that are shaping your understanding. Use those questions to facilitate your team's data review. Don't start with what you found, start with how you found it. #DataLiteracy #Edu

Happy AERO-Conference-Eve !! #AERO24

So great to see everyone at #AERO24 ...appreciating the value of being in the same physical space with others for a conference. As much as remote has been useful and filled a need, physical presence continues to be important

Guest speaker Dr. Eva Oberle, Associate Professor, MDI Principal Investigator. The Middle Years Development Instrument is a student questionnaire administered to students in Grades 4 to 8. #aeroaoce #aeroaoce24

MDI - Participating Districts tend to administer this self-report, population based student survey in Grade 5 and then in Grade 8. #aeroaoce24

MDI Dimensions include physical health and well-being, connectedness, school experience, out-of school context, social and emotional development #aeroaoce24

"Research suggests a decline in well-being from middle childhood to adolescence is common. Children are facing new tasks and challenges as they grow older and experience heightened emotionality and rapid psychosocial changes." Dr. Oberle #aeroaoce24

Protective factors for student well-being include: Peer belonging, Adult support in school, School connectedness #aeroaoce24

The more time students spend on screens - more the decline in their well-being index. Promoting sleep by promoting other guidelines (exercise/screen time) Students who do not get enough sleep are over-represented in the Low Well-Being Index #aeroaoce24

Review (researchgate.net/publication/38…) of an American phonics program developed by researchers (edweek.org/teaching-learn…)

We reproduced DeepSeek R1-Zero in the CountDown game, and it just works Through RL, the 3B base LM develops self-verification and search abilities all on its own You can experience the Ahah moment yourself for < $30 Code: github.com/Jiayi-Pan/Tiny… Here's what we learned 🧵

If we get better interprovincial trade that would be great outcome for a poor situation..... For example, Chris Brothers products from New Brunswick need to be in Ontario (and the rest of Canada for that matter). #PromoteCanadianProducts

Final snowfall total at this station = 18.0 cm. SOG 30. #onstorm

Legacies are created by the people who are left, not by the people who left.

As SFSOs establish, Brandy Goss and I created a phased Implementation, Project Mgmt, & Evaluation Framework for evidence-informed planning & monitoring. Free: dugroup.ca/2026/01/16/stu… Draws on impl science & eval theory, focusing on readiness, equity, & responsible data use.