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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 11h

Happy #WorldTeachersDay, everyone! You know what they say, if they have to give you an appreciation day it means they’re not paying you enough. 😁😉

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Teacher trolls say that we “indoctrinate children”. I’d rather “indoctrinate” adults into caring about properly funded and well-supported public education. 🤷🏾‍♂️ #OntEd

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This Thursday I'll be taking part in a virtual panel discussion about A.I. in classrooms, hosted by the Toronto Star. Is A.I.? my area of expertise? Not by a long shot, but I'll be sharing the perspective of a classroom teacher. #OntEd

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

One problem with #OntEd's new attendance policy is that the people who made it greatly underestimate parents' willingness to authorize absences to protect their child's marks.

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

All of these headlines are factually correct, but what message does each send? #OntEd #MediaLiteracy

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Honestly, technology was more fun BEFORE A.I.

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Feeling a little nostalgic thinking about how even during the darkest times (early pandemic remote teaching) there were some bright spots, like my family helping me film a smoke bomb experiment in the backyard! I don't know what the neighbours thought was going on! 😂

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

August 1st is #EmancipationDay; acknowledging, commemorating, and celebrating the legal abolition of slavery across the British Empire in 1834, including Canada and the Caribbean. 🎉

Photo of a statue of Bussa, an enslaved African breaking free of his chains in Barbados.

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

My school is switching to an earlier start time in September and I’ve already had two dreams about being late on the first day because I forgot. 😬

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

My collection of marvel cards has lived in the same binder for over 30 years. It’s literally falling to pieces! Time to rehouse them.

An old 3 ring binder with missing cover revealing a plastic trading card holding sheet, containing 9 Marvel trading cards.

A new 3 ring binder, opened to show plastic trading card holding sheets, with several pockets filled with Marvel trading cards.

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

What a fantastic panel discussion! I'm grateful to CBC Toronto for the opportunity. The full over 90 minutes are online at the link below. We covered so much and could have kept going! #OntEd #onpoli www.youtube.com/live/7wDdplo...

Selfie of host Chris Glover and panelist Jason Bradshaw

Photo of host Chris Glover and the three teacher panelist from the discussion.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 09/07/2026

1. Since I saw someone wondering about it, my secret for How To Be Yelled At Online and Still Function: 1. Have a monster ego to begin with 2. Have a clear delineation of whose opinion matters, which is VERY few, BUT 3. Be willing to hear others with reasonable points and admit when you're wrong

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Some exciting news: I've been invited to CBC Toronto's studio this Thursday to participate in a panel discussion on education, to be live-streamed on the CBC website and social media accounts! #OntEd

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

To paraphrase the late DMX, "I've been doing this for 19 years. Wanna fight me? Fight these tears!" Since year 1 I've kept count of how many students I've had the privilege of directly teaching. As of now, my number is 2,670. Still loving what I do! ❤️

A hand written letter from a student. Text reads:

Dear Mr. Bradshaw,
I'm grateful to have had you for two semesters teaching me the two subjects I'm most interested in. Your teaching style was amazing and helped ma grow as a learner. As the year comes to an end, I want to say that I appreciate you greatly for not teaching me valuable lessons that I can use in my academics, but also lessens I can apply outside of school.
You have helped me trust myself mere and become more confident, in my abilities, I'm usually not afraid to take risks and get answers wrong, and you have shown me why that is essential do becoming a better learner.
Your impact during my last year at Castlebrooke has helped me realize why I enjoy STEM, It's because every subject comes together like a puzzle and becomes fun to understand, even when it's complex.
Thank you se much for answering my many questions and never stopping me from being serious as a learner.. hope you have a nice, relaxing summer where you can watch all your favourite anime, play your favourite games, and spend time with your friends and family!
With gratitude,
(Your student from 2025-2026 Biology and chemistry classes)

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

What does it do to a generation of young people when all you hear is, “you’re not as literate as you should be, screen time is rotting your brain, and none of it matters anyway because A.I. will take your dream job”?

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Putting on a show for our feeder school visits. 🔥

A pair of images of a science teacher performing chemistry demonstrations involving large fireballs; one ignited on a student’s hand and one in a bucket.

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Sometimes I think about how during the height of the pandemic we all agreed, including the government, how important and irreplaceable in-person learning is… But they never removed the mandatory online credits for graduation, just kinda stopped talking about it… 🤔 #OntEd

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

There's a reason why the Ontario government has to keep "banning" phones (3rd time since 2019). It's because there's never any action or support beyond a press release. Any actual regulation always is and always has been up to the classroom teacher #OntEd

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Special education funding in my board has been cut by 30%. My school can no longer run our program for medically complex students that we launched just this year. It’s unclear what, if any, school these students will be able to attend in September.

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Nearly 20 years in education and I’ve never seen a government like this one. Just looking for any excuse to take over schools. #OntEd #onpoli www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

ctvnews.ca

Ford government takes over Peel District School Board

The Ontario government is putting the Peel District School Board under provincial supervision immediately.

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Norm Di Pasquale🇨🇦 @normsworld.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

And now the Peel District School Board Trustees have been fired by the Ford Government. One by one, they’ll take them all if we can’t stop them. #onpoli #omted news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...

news.ontario.ca

Ontario Newsroom

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Every parent and educator in Ontario needs to be alarmed that Paul Calandra is visiting charter schools. His government has starved our public schools of resources. The next page in the Conservative playbook is to offer privatization as the solution to problems they caused.

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

The student who bought me this thoughtful gift will be in my class for the last time today writing her exam, so I’ve decided to dress to show my appreciation. 🙂

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I love that when I walked into my department office and asked if anyone knew where I can find the hammers for hitting students it was understood that I intended to demonstrate the knee jerk reflex arc and not… something else. 😂

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I’m tired of hearing that my classes are bigger because of budget cuts. That I have to cut back on printing resources because of cuts. That I can’t use Google Drive anymore because of cuts. That there’s a teacher shortage, but boards can’t hire because of cuts 🤦🏾‍♂️ #OntEd #onpoli

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

New rule for tomorrow, folks: If you accidentally write the year 2025 on anything you get to go home early. 😉

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

As I recently explained to a friend, I believe that retention is a larger problem than recruitment. Many people want to be teachers, but burnout and other factors make it hard to stay. This piece doesn’t discuss it, but we also need better representation. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

theguardian.com

Impact over income: a striking number of gen Zers are becoming teachers

Despite longstanding concerns over pay and conditions, more young graduates are entering the classroom

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Who says that learning can’t happen on the last day before the holidays? Molecular genetics: extracting DNA from strawberries.

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Cleaning up around the house and came across these… I was immensely proud of these as a kid! No athletics trophies. I was always a nerd! 😁

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

O Canada! That’s right, USA! We’re at the #WorldSeries and there’s nothing you can do about it! #WANTITALL

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Standardized testing rant: Standardized means the same for all, even when it is not equitable or fair. This means that a nonverbal child is not allowed to point to the letters they know. If they can’t SAY the letters aloud they score zero on the test. This is the worst timeline.

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Measuring osmosis in potatoes in hypotonic and hypertonic solutions to determine the potato's internal concentration.

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Herein lies the catch-22 of #BlackExcellence: when we don’t excel it’s because we’re lazy and untalented. When we do excel it’s because we exploited “Identity Politics”. Why would a stranger who knows nothing about me assume I haven’t earned what I’ve achieved? 🤔

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

An unexpected letter from a former student was just the pick-me-up I needed. 🥲

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

One of my grade 12 students told me that she’s a fan of this “old” animated series, Voltron… She meant the 2016 reboot, not the 80s original.

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Effective science communication is an underrated but vital skill, especially in modern times. Thank you, Bill Nye.

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

I’m looking for folks to follow on here: educators and those who are education adjacent. Journalists and politicians who care about public education. Scientists. Marginalized voices. People who left Twitter because it was too toxic. Or anyone who’s just into nerdy stuff.

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I've never felt such a steep generational divide as I do teaching 9th graders right now. They wanted to record me saying "sixty-seven". (nope) When I showed them part of BBC's "Life" (2009) a student asked if it was real or A.I. generated.

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Jason Bradshaw @jbradshaw.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Testing for the presence of macromolecules in various types of milk and dairy products.

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