Bluey is a ground-breaking Australian children’s television series and the most downloaded show in ABC iView history. Since premiering in October 2018, Bluey has been played on iView over 100 million times, and it is set to stream internationally on Disney’s streaming platformstarting later this year. The show follows the adventures of a blue heeler puppy, six-year-old Bluey, and her […] … learn more→
Author Archives: Kevin
‘Making up games is more important than you think’: why Bluey is a font of parenting wisdom
Importance of drug/alcohol rehabilitation
A Drug Rehab Austin is a treatment centre where the drug addicts are treated to put them back to mainstream society. An addiction treatment centre is a must for each drug addict. One doesn't have any option to not have it. It’s completely necessary to follow a drug rehabilitation treatment after the clinic treatment is […] … learn more→
Portland U’s “bias response team” ends free speech
I write often of the culture of fear on campus…because I get reminders how that fear only increases: Making jokes at Portland State gets you reported to its bias response team I know, “I was just joking” is the age-old cry of the bully, and I was very much a target of the endless anti-intellectual […] … learn more→
Could black philanthropy help solve the black student debt crisis?
When billionaire Robert E. Smith decided to pay off the student loans of the graduating class of 2019 at Morehouse College, he suggested that others follow his lead. “Let’s make sure every class has the same opportunity going forward, because we are enough to take care of our own community,” Smith declared in his commencement speech. But is […] … learn more→
Good science begins with communication
Recently on Twitter, a debate took place over advice from Professor Jim Al-Khalili, professor of physics and public engagement in science at the University of Surrey, that a practising scientist should establish themselves before aiming to go too far down the road in communicating science. While much of the debate was based on just a […] … learn more→
Group punishment doesn’t fix behaviour – it just makes kids hate school
Classroom management is consistently seen as a source of stress for beginning teachers. It’s also one of the main reasons cited for teachers leaving the profession. So, it’s no surprise teachers try to use classroom management strategies that appear to be effective at changing problematic student behaviour. Group, or collective, punishment is one such approach. Collective punishment in schools […] … learn more→
Portrait of bullying and bullying victim
Talking about portraits of victim and stalker in the phenomenon of bullying can be confusing and lead to the mistaken idea that in childhood there are children who have characteristics that will make them stalkers of others and that, in turn, there are other children destined to be victims. This image contrasts with what we know of […] … learn more→
The sugarbaby students of Minnesota
I didn’t exactly work my way through college—I lived at home, and mowed many, many, lawns in the Florida sun, among other unpleasant jobs. They were paying the princely sum of $5 an hour for sheet metal roofing, and it only took a few weeks of that to make enough to pay the $1,000 or […] … learn more→
Baccalaureate 2019, the unexpected burst of continuous control
The strike by retention of notes by teachers dissatisfied with the “Blanquer reform” has come to rest, unexpectedly, the question of the interest of a continuous control in the context of an examination such as the baccalaureate . Beyond the controversy aroused by the “technical solution” invented by the minister to solve the problem he had to face, one […] … learn more→
Most people think playing chess makes you ‘smarter’, but the evidence isn’t clear on that
Chess has long been an important part of school culture. Many people believe chess has a range of cognitive benefits including improved memory, IQ, problem solving skills and concentration. But there is very little evidence supporting these conclusions. We conducted two studies (still unpublished) that found educators and parents believe chess has many educational benefits. But children […] … learn more→
