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Marriage, Equality and Teachers

Greg Curran — Tue, 12 Sep 2017 22:06:15 +0000

After writing about marriage equality in my classroom, I received some beautiful responses on marriage, equality and teachers. Have a read and be inspired. I recently blogged about the issue of Marriage Equality which arose as a topic of conversation before one of my classes. It was a stark contrast to another class I was working in. Here I was very much in the closet as students shared family photos on their phones, and I hoped against hope that they didn’t ask to see my photos (of my loved ones). It was a raw, personal post . To be honest,

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Innovation 101: What’s your Innovation Mindset?

Greg Curran — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 10:00:10 +0000

Tips, strategies and hype abound in the Innovation and Change space. What's often missing though is a discussion of innovation mindset.

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Change: It’s More Than Being Awesome

Greg Curran — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 10:00:40 +0000

We hear it all the time – Be Awesome – Be Great. This Post is a celebration of the ordinary, everyday change efforts of educators to Make a Difference. You know sometimes we think that what we’re doing is minor in the grand scheme of all things education. That we just don’t cut it on the be a great teacher scale. In the social media landscape where competition for attention is intense, the ‘work hard’, ‘don’t forget that you have the most important job in the world’, ‘be awesome’, and ‘do great things’ mantras can take a toll or at

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