Asking Why? - A Blog

Exciting Times!

Article on Edutopia! I'm thrilled to announce that a new article, co-written with Dr. Sunaina Sharma has been posted on Edutopia! Check...

Why It's Important to Do Things We Aren't Good At

This summer I was really excited about visiting Dinosaur Provincial Park in Alberta, Canada. This remote park is a highlight of the...

It's Finally Here!

Why I Embrace 21st Century Global Competencies

When I started my career, students were much more interested in creating their own topics and exploring different avenues of the overall...

Why I'm Okay with No Longer Teaching William Shakespeare

When I was in high school, I studied a play by Shakespeare every year in English class, just like my parents had done before me. I was...

Does knowing why you are a teacher matter?

I recently read a post on X (Twitter) that was speaking to how teachers needed to go back to their ‘why’ during this current climate of...

Why is struggling in school important for a future teacher?

Like most teachers, I did well in school. The system was set-up in such a way that it just worked for me. I liked routines and structure...

Why did I leave the classroom? And why did I return?

At the eight year mark of my career, I joined the service side of my school by becoming a teacher-librarian. Where I worked, there was...

Best reasons for Why

I’ve been in classrooms for more than 25 years and I’ve seen and experienced pretty well everything a secondary school has to offer. It...

Asking Why Not?

So in the first blog on a site about asking 'why?', I thought I’d start in the opposite place by asking, 'why not?' Why not start a...