A few years ago, the Head of Math at my school confided in me that he was trying to “sneak” explicit instructions into his department. The school was full of romantic ideas about learning and childhood, and anything “teacher led” was seen as top-down, coercive, antiquated, or just plain boring. But my Head of Math friend had observed too many lessons in which the students were given large “authentic” problems and then blamed for not being spongey enough to absorb the math. Sensing he’d be ignored if he used the words “explicit” or “direct” with his teachers, he opted for…
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The federal government is dedicating $1 million to NWT sexual health group Foxy to help prevent sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections.
The territory’s Liberal MP, Michael McLeod, made the announcement on Friday. Foxy, based in Yellowknife, provides sexual health resources across all three territories.
Foxy stands for Fostering Open Expression among Youth. The group has been working to provide mental and sexual health programming in northern communities and schools for more than 10 years.
“This wonderful organization has offered some very innovative programs for youth,” said McLeod. “Their work promoting mental and sexual health empowers youth by providing the tools…
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About a year and a half ago, I did an interview with two educators, Shane Safir and Jamila Dugan, about their new book, Street Data. The book is about the approach they had developed to help schools transform. As soon as I read the book, I…
The interview began well. The medical school applicant delivered informed answers about the role of artificial intelligence in medicine, giving a patient bad news (step five: “offer support and resources”), and applying ethical reasoning to determine which of two patients gets a donated liver. But when Sahil Mehta, MD, sought personal reflections — about college experiences, personal ambitions, and motivation to practice medicine — the responses got strange:
“I do not attend college.”
“I do not have personal preferences or desires.”
“My knowledge of medicine is based on information that was available to me at the time of my training,…