Education

We are in serious trouble — It was 8:30 p.m. and Parent Teacher Night ended in half an hour. A father waited patiently at my door to ask for a private conversation. After introducing himself, he asked me for a syllabus. His daughter was my student and he explained that he wanted to read and discuss…

A Game-Changer for Your Professional Growth — Introduction In the ocean of programming languages, Python is the sailboat that gracefully navigates through the complex waves of code. Much like a seasoned sailor who uses various tools and techniques to command their vessel, programmers utilize various approaches to command their code. …

Rest is an amazing thing. At the end of March, I left my longtime role as Senior Manager for Education, after almost seven years at the Wikimedia Foundation. I took a month to hibernate, reflect, and re-energize before taking steps to start my new project “The Open Learning Collective.” I’m…

Math is more than just numbers and equations — it’s a beautiful art form that has captured the attention of some of the world’s greatest minds throughout history. …

With summer approaching, an opportunity to discuss summer reading culture emerges. Here are a couple of ideas on how you can incorporate reading activity on this topic and some ‘bookish’ vocabulary into your ESL lessons. Reading activity turned into a quiz There are two types of summer reading. There are summer reading lists assigned at schools…

A thought on how some white people think they are not dangerous to Black people — An interesting article tangentially came across my way — one seeking to argue that white people are not dangerous to Black people. Forgive me; I should say, “not a threat” to Black people, as it is unfair to put words in people’s mouths. Unless you’re feeding them alphabet soup. Alphabet…

My beloved school, the Faculty of Architecture Chulalongkorn University, has just turned 90 years old this month. The school is famous for fostering creative minds for Thai society and has been since I was young. Many famous alumni have made Thai’s creative industries flourish. Getting a seat at the school…

An Administrator’s Response to “The particular agony of teacher observations,” five years later. Recently, an Education Weekly opinion piece from September 2018 resurfaced on Social Media. It was written by Justin Minkel and titled, The particular agony of teacher observations. In it, Minkel encourages teachers to maintain a reasonable perspective…