Christine Rowe Quinn
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@MsRoweQuinn
Mother. Teacher. Lifelong learner. Environmentalist. Lover of Math and all things green. Junior Ranger forever. she/her
Sharing who we are is a powerful teaching tool. Ms. George-Hughes shared her experience of #vitiligo - a disorder that causes loss of skin color in patches. What an impactful presentation from an amazing teacher sharing her lived experience! @lynda_watters @tdsb @TDSB_MHWB
No one feels more like the most famous rockstar on the planet than an elementary school teacher spotted out in public by a student.
As I argue in @nationalpost, Ontario educators have become obsessed with woke indoctrination and don't seem to care that kids are falling behind in reading, writing and arithmetic. nationalpost.com/opinion/educat…
I am absolutely saving this for a math problem next year!
A total of 8 paragraphs of this article are devoted to me. Author @ariblaff makes mention of the numerous threaded math lessons I make available to other #OntEd teachers on here. But it sure does give me and others (@Jason_To @MrSinghD @HTheijsmeijer) a lot of credit)
Timed tests don’t measure what students know. They assess how students perform under stress. Data: tests under time pressure underestimate the abilities of girls—especially in math, where test anxiety is high. If students can't finish a test, make it shorter or give more time.
More than 1,000 principals across Ontario say they're seeing more behavioural issues, lack of self-regulation, and unaddressed mental health challenges with no access to social workers and psychologists, a survey finds. cbc.ca/news/canada/lo…
