Stephen Hurley

About Stephen Hurley

Stephen Hurley has been involved in public education for over 27 years, serving as a classroom teacher, school-based resource, curriculum consultant and teacher educator. He is most passionate about issues and conversations around school change and innovation, and welcomes all voices to the conversation. You can contact Hurley at stephen.hurley@sympatico.ca
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Maybe We Don’t Need to Raise our Children’s Voices: Maybe They’re Doing Just Fine On Their Own!

Three news stories caught my attention in the past couple of weeks. Each, in its own way demonstrates how technology has allowed and, in some cases, encouraged students to raise their “voices” above the crowd. And we’re not just talking about being heard throughout the house, the neighbourhood, or in the schoolyard. No, in these three [...]

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National Capital “Sexhibition” Draws Expected Attention–and Criticism

Well, not surpisingly, the opening of the Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition has grabbed the headlines around major Canadian newsrooms; yesterday, the touring sex show (and the fact that taxpayers are actually footing the bill for some of this) made it to the floor of the House of Commons! I’ve collected some of the headlines from [...]

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Risky Business?

The following is a guest post by voicEd.ca author and long-time educator, Michael Harding. The post is a response to yesterday’s piece highlighting the Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition that opens today at the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa. At the end of the piece I asked readers to remember an edgy field trip [...]

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Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition (They didn’t have field trips like this when I was a kid!)

A new exhibit opens tomorrow morning at the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa, but it’s probably nothing like the museum trips that you were forced to take on your school trip to the National Capital. It’s called Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition and if the name doesn’t grab your attention, some of the content [...]

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If Teaching Were Sport

So, perhaps the idea of identifying a work of art that somehow expresses your beliefs about teaching and learning didn’t resonate with everyone. So here’s another metaphorical challenge, this one with a more athletic theme: What sport most closely connects with your vision of the teaching—learning relationship?  This time, I’m going to jump in with [...]

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TED-ed: Lessons Worth Spreading?

For the past few years I’ve been a huge fan of TED, the folks that have brought so many inspiring and thought-provoking lectures and presentations to millions of people around the world. Like many others, I’ve come across very few TED talks that have proven to be a waste of my time. In fact, like [...]

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