Cohort 21 | Lisa Bettencourt | Friends Activity https://cohort21.com/members/lbettencourt/activity/friends/ Activity feed for Lisa Bettencourt's friends. Wed, 14 Oct 2026 01:24:51 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-CA 30 hourly 2 d18e4ac1d4ecccaaec6c4dcbc11598f9 Garth Nichols wrote a new post on the site Garth Nichols https://cohort21.com/garthnichols/?p=1475 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:00:46 -0400 Book Review: "Bodies of Learning" by Guy Claxton & Emily Poel “Embodiment science rejects this presumption of fixity and opens up an exciting new possibility: that schools can be a well-designed epistemic a […]

]]> 0 4c6a59b6ceddabb141561c1edf263a74 Emilia Martin wrote a new post on the site Emilia Martin https://cohort21.com/emiliamartin/?p=99 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 18:31:34 -0400 A New Year, A New PD Opportunity!
A New Year, A New PD Opportunity!

The rush of back to school hits everyone differently: the excitement of being new, or welcoming new staff, as well […]

]]> 00b515324b5f90ad1c075b0d3b766458 Jeff Adams wrote a new post on the site Jeff Adams https://cohort21.com/jeffadams/?p=120 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 18:21:06 -0400 Cohort 21 and Building Capacity
Cohort 21 and Building Capacity

Cohort 21 is gaining momentum and interest as the word spreads during the new school year. It is important, as […]

]]> d3fa8feae36b8a46545a541e325a2673 Robin Garand wrote a new post on the site Making Messes that Matter https://cohort21.com/robingarand/?p=283 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 18:18:48 -0400 Learning to Love the Learning Journey How do we build and maintain critical thinking skills and resilience in the age of AI? It’s a question I keep returning to—not because I have a s […]

]]> a1c5865d4ac1344f342f67ca8d8a54cc Emilia Martin's profile was updated https://cohort21.com/activity-streams/p/14294/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 18:00:13 -0400 0 aab82dc06101bc8812e79e4fe13c3c3e Jeff Adams posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/savannahbarker/2025/04/27/reimagining-middle-school-health-exploring-healthy-masculinities/#comment-81 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:58:02 -0400 You have so many good questions, and now some data to continue to ponder. I’m sure it was multi-layered and allowed you to reach your students on a different level. What a journey.
I love the resources you shared. Here is one that I learned about from some amazing educators at OISE – https://addressinginjustices.com/gender-is-like-an-ocean
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]]> 0 f65ef8a235fdcdb1f1edf2e173c4538b Garth Nichols wrote a new post on the site Garth Nichols https://cohort21.com/garthnichols/?p=1460 Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:32:52 -0400 Book Review: All That We See or Seem (K Liu) A dark future worth looking at “Their knowledge was more in the realm of knowing how to ask machines to do things than in knowing how to do t […]

]]> 0 74f79b3340eded6d8ff4f0b4aad0f5b6 Garth Nichols wrote a new post on the site Garth Nichols https://cohort21.com/garthnichols/?p=1456 Sat, 15 Aug 2026 18:51:00 -0400 Book Review: "Behind Their Screen" (E Weinstein & C James)   “In truth, research findings about technology are almost always more nuanced. Admittedly, nuanced findings don’t make for the snappiest […]

]]> 0 f49444bd8543bda2048fd328cf44ed5b Garth Nichols wrote a new post on the site Garth Nichols https://cohort21.com/garthnichols/?p=1449 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 18:55:03 -0400 Book Review: "Facing Our Futures" by Nikolas Badminton Book Review: Facing Our Futures Nikolas Badminton “As the first quarter of the 21st century draws towards a close, it is quite clear that […]

]]> 0 5cf6a24a443b02799d04316d0b05a454 Garth Nichols wrote a new post on the site Garth Nichols https://cohort21.com/garthnichols/?p=1443 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:47:45 -0400 Book Review: "Kind Leadership" by J. Povall “True kindness—the kind that communicates with compassion, leads with honesty (not ego), holds people accountable, and creates cultures that b […]

]]> 0 87cda7a517c9e25c7484863341dbddae Garth Nichols wrote a new post on the site Garth Nichols https://cohort21.com/garthnichols/?p=1439 Sat, 20 Jun 2026 07:03:18 -0400 Book Review: "Am I Literate?" by Kate Arthur “Through literacy, we can interpret the lives of those who came before us, fold them into our own, and strengthen our roots.” (p.120) You wou […]

]]> 0 191f4e58c5ba3c094eab90def019541f Garth Nichols wrote a new post on the site Garth Nichols https://cohort21.com/garthnichols/?p=1434 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:13:21 -0400 Book Review: Between Fixed & Fickle (A.Dahl) “Why didn’t people all along see the obvious moral truths—and how could today’s young generation be blind to them anew?” (p.170) As leaders, […]

]]> 0 fbfe2777296252a3a85c12690717ef64 Jeff Adams posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/colindarling/2026/04/30/how-small-wins-build-big-momentum-rethinking-alumni-engagement-at-hts/#comment-12 Sun, 03 May 2026 21:39:54 -0400 There is a tonne of work here, congrats on an amazing body of work to reflect on and also share with others. It will be so interesting to see where this goes next, particularly as someone else takes on this part. Your team/coalition of the willing is growing in such a short period of time. I really like the idea of the Alumni Journey rather than…Read more

In reply to - Colin Darling wrote a new post on the site Colin Darling How Small Wins Build Big Momentum: Rethinking Alumni Engagement at HTS My “How Might We” Question: How might we help alumni discover ways to give back that […] ]]> 3578629278db523d0aad8ac5ee055e2f Garth Nichols wrote a new post on the site Garth Nichols https://cohort21.com/garthnichols/?p=1430 Sat, 02 May 2026 12:32:25 -0400 Book Review: "Unclench Your Fist" (Glenn Robbins) “Your strength is not measured by how well you fight back; it’s measured by how much you can endure while continuing to move forward.” ~ p.4 […]

]]> 0 88b2b742f5165f5fbc39104241119ca5 Justin Medved posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/emilyhenderson/2026/04/26/representation-belonging-and-the-art-of-advocacy/#comment-6 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 21:02:30 -0400 @ehenderson

Emily, this is such a powerful reflection. What stands out most is the way you have moved representation from a curriculum question into a question of student safety, identity, and belonging. Your post makes visible what is often invisible in teaching, that the texts we choose are not just vehicles for analysis, but signals to…Read more

In reply to - Emily Henderson wrote a new post on the site Emily Henderson Representation, Belonging, and the Art of Advocacy The Question That Started It All When I first walked into a Cohort 21 session and was asked to […] ]]> 7faf4e1ccad5d306da25be1a85477fcb Garth Nichols wrote a new post on the site Garth Nichols https://cohort21.com/garthnichols/?p=1424 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:00:38 -0400 Book Review: "Connections Academics & Purpose (Dr. Cinde Lock) “The CAP method helps students to move beyond themselves, engage with others, learn at their own pace, and show what they can do, rather than o […]

]]> 0 55ac7df847a16212501b34ecb309c403 Garth Nichols wrote a new post on the site Garth Nichols https://cohort21.com/garthnichols/?p=1421 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:25:46 -0400 Book Review: "Ike: The Dog that Saved a Human" (Jason Dorland) “Deep down I knew that I was meant to be with him — I wasn’t meant to be a guide dog” Ike ~ p. 127 Some books make you think. Others make y […]

]]> 0 2825caecaa9cdc490b3ed9d4165f459b Garth Nichols wrote a new post on the site Garth Nichols https://cohort21.com/garthnichols/?p=1416 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:47:23 -0400 Book Review: "The Explorer's Gene" (Alex Hutchinson) “Meaningful exploration, I will argue, involves making an active choice to pursue a course that requires effort and carries the risk of f […]

]]> 0 cf404244003f46599f1d2d20faf02c0e Garth Nichols wrote a new post on the site Garth Nichols https://cohort21.com/garthnichols/?p=1407 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:36:50 -0400 Book Review: SuperAgency (Hoffman and Beato) What Could Possibly Go Right?! “Even among AI developers, some believe that future instances of superintelligent AIs could represent an e […]

]]> 0 0d53d2b76fc99b23e4da3f91f8863f2d Garth Nichols wrote a new post on the site Garth Nichols https://cohort21.com/garthnichols/?p=1402 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:59:10 -0400 Book Review: "The Genius Myth" (Helen Lewis) “The argument over whether Elon Musk is a genius is really an argument about what our society values and what it is prepared to tolerate. A s […]

]]> 0 fa4eb8b0e73f439b35b3491f99a3ab38 Garth Nichols wrote a new post on the site Garth Nichols https://cohort21.com/garthnichols/?p=1398 Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:39:57 -0500 Book Review: Abundance by Ezra Klein & Thompson “Abundance, as we define it, is a state in which there is enough of what we need to create lives better than what we have had.” — Ezra Klein & […]

]]> 0 31678b9a955b629ed054320c44aafd77 Garth Nichols wrote a new post on the site Garth Nichols https://cohort21.com/garthnichols/?p=1427 Sun, 22 Feb 2026 15:43:49 -0500 Book Review: "Powerhouse" by Dr. Greg Wells “It’s unnatural and even unhealthy to never experience stress. Stress can give us a positive push. It can tell us about ourselves and our sur […]

]]> 0 482e60af092e6f6a8009209722f4cd3f Garth Nichols wrote a new post on the site Garth Nichols https://cohort21.com/garthnichols/?p=1392 Sun, 01 Feb 2026 23:11:26 -0500 Book Review: Free Agent Learning (Julie Evans) Book Review: Free Agent Learning by Julie A. Evans Why Student Agency Should Reshape the Way We Structure School “School is no longer t […]

]]> 0 e49209dc8cc5f6f75d106a9500f12584 Elissa Gelleny posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/marcandreplouffe/2025/10/04/what-the-eisenhower-matrix-actually-showed-me/#comment-4 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 01:13:08 -0500 Yes! This! I think embracing not being perfect (and modeling that for our students and each other) is so key! Especially if it allows us to shift our energy and focus. I really appreciated your post – and I feel like you have landed in a similar place to that of a few others in our group, and I think what you are currently grappling with is akin…Read more

In reply to - maplouffe wrote a new post on the site Marc-André Plouffe What the Eisenhower Matrix Actually Showed MeI did this exercise today, where you sort your work into urgent vs. important, and honestly? It was kind of […] ]]> 761c31b139bcbafdb76d4270f729935d Jeff Adams posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/colindarling/2026/01/29/alumni-giving-empowerment-design-thinking-action-plan-take-2/#comment-6 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 01:12:13 -0500 Wow – there is a lot of work and thought in here, Colin! I keep coming back to your idea of story – what story to Alum want to share, how can they tell that story in a meaningful way to them..and how to they keep that story going through the pilot phase 2? Crescent has a good story-telling for alumni through their Past and Present if you’re…Read more

In reply to - Colin Darling wrote a new post on the site Colin Darling Alumni Giving Empowerment: Design Thinking Action Plan (TAKE 2)Before diving into our third face-to-face session tomorrow at SMLS, I thought it might be […] ]]> ff01550e3061929930f8dae0aa63f859 Garth Nichols wrote a new post on the site Garth Nichols https://cohort21.com/garthnichols/?p=1387 Thu, 15 Jan 2026 21:22:58 -0500 Book Review: "Be Yourself at Work" (Claude Silver) Thanks to Jason Rogers, my podcast-partner-in-learning, for recommending this book to me after listening to Claude Silver at a conference. This […]

]]> 0 1d983a5a1e8d65b63bebbdc85c7fb13c Elissa Gelleny posted a new activity comment https://cohort21.com/susanmatthews/2025/10/04/first-blog-post-urgent-vs-important/#comment-4 Thu, 08 Jan 2026 14:59:33 -0500 Susan – I really love your goal “protect that creative space” – it is SO challenging, but so worthwhile!!

I think it will be really interesting for your to continue exploring the place where student ownership meets traditional assessments – who knows if it will lead you toward less traditional assessments of student-owned assessments, or…Read more

In reply to - Susan Matthews wrote a new post on the site Susan Matthews First blog post Urgent vs Important As a new middle school math teacher, the beginning of the school year felt like a whirlwind of trying to manage […] ]]>