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The Education Hub  shared The Gift of Teachers Time  Professor Susan Moore Johnson's research on how school leaders can make the most of teachers' time. "Teachers’ time is one of a school’s most valuable and scarce resources, yet it’s often wasted because of poor leadership and management."  Read Here Why am I not curious about the things I want to be curious about?  Daniel Willingham's opinion piece in the New York times exploring the power (and pitfalls) of curiosity has some great lessons for educators.  Read Here Pull Up nets  - made a comeback - these are a engaging way to look at  nets, surface area & volume while  doing a bit of engineering of 3D shapes Download an ATM article here  or  another here  simply google pull-up nets to find more  American Stats Association - Lesson Plans I liken myself to a magpie always on the lookout for shiny new things and inspiration the following year. THe ...

With the  census  looming on March 6th 2018 we have an authentic context for our stats teaching and for meeting the intent  of The New Zealand Curriculum. advertising the 2013 census TKI  notes Students can: demonstrate the curriculum vision of being connected, actively involved, lifelong learners explore the future focused issues of sustainability, citizenship, and globalisation consider the NZC values of diversity, respect, community, and participation make use of key competencies, especially using language, symbols, and texts, relating to others, thinking, and participating and contributing In Maths & stats students may meet acheivement objectives by designing and conducting their own census investigations using the statistical enquiry cycle evaluating their findings analysing the findings of the 2018 census and those of previous years evaluating the effectiveness of different data displays. TKI  has  links  to a numb...