@JoshFullan

Cities, Schools & Social Cohesion. Working for a better urban future @CityMaximum

 Toronto, Canada
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Joined November 2011
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City of Yes is what should all strive for - for housing and beyond nytimes.com/2025/01/19/nyreg… via @NYTimes

With ‘City of Yes,’ New York Finally Gets Real About the Housing Crisis (Published 2025)

A new rezoning plan for the city aims to remove long-outdated barriers to building housing and to spread development across all the city’s neighborhoods.

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This shows the nuance that is missing from most of the cellphone ban discussions, and a review of some of the evidence. (Anecdotally from our work around Ontario the feedback on the ban has been mostly positive) blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp…

Does the evidence support a school ban on smartphones? | LSE British Politics

The Government advice to restrict smartphone use in schools is supported by the evidence which suggests that it can benefit student performance. But calls to ban smartphones in schools prevent a more...

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“Underparenting” requires that as a society, we build back our tolerance for children in public spaces and create safe environments where lightly supervised kids can roam freely. nytimes.com/2024/09/15/opini… via @NYTOpinion

Opinion | Parents Should Ignore Their Children More Often (Published 2024)

The case for “mindful underparenting.”

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Thank you @CityMaximum for bringing your gang to the new Island. I think this was the point on the tour where I mentioned that old people will retire, and that I was thrilled to meet our new leaders who will bring positive change. What an engaged group. 🙌✌️
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Whoever is the next CEO of the TTC should carefully consider the following - here are major issues which I've split into "quick wins" and "less quick wins". Toronto deserves so much better from the TTC, and the opportunity for great transit has never been bigger. 🧵
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Our small mighty team is growing again. Join us!
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14 years of summer camps exploring cities with thousands of young people!
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“Based on our work at Maximum City with children evaluating their neighbourhoods, kids consistently rank dense, walkable places with lots of stuff — like Toronto’s core — highest” thestar.com/opinion/contribu…

‘An exodus of families’: Toronto’s decline in children should be an election issue

We are all familiar with dystopian narratives of societies where children are scarce. Toronto is in danger of becoming such a place.

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Something in this very good ⁦@cd_hooks⁩ essay reminded me of Cormac McCarthy nytimes.com/2024/05/24/opini…

Opinion | Try Living in Elon Musk’s Company Town (Published 2024)

To some, Elon Musk has given Brownsville, Texas, a reason for being, a future. To others, he’s a colonizer, flirting with white nationalists online while exploiting a predominantly brown work force.

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I found it in these cousin paragraphs. That none, including the world’s richest man, disturb these passengers
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Last week I got to do a cool thing that probably puts me on a very short list: I gave a keynote speech w my father. The topic was Transforming School Cultures & the audience was Franco-Ontarian school leaders, which includes the school my kids attend. 3 generations in 1 speech!
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photo credits @AnjaliLh & Josh Speedie
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Great to the share the stage w @MichaelFullan1 for a keynote on Transforming School Cultures for 300+ Franco-Ontarians school leaders @adfo Three generations of Fullans implicated since my kids attend a Franco-Ontarian school!
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Anjali LH@AnjaliLh2 May 2024
Au colloque annuel de @adfo à Toronto. Quel plaisir d’entendre @MichaelFullan1 et son fils @JoshFullan durant le discours d’ouverture. Je retiens plusieurs messages sur la transformation de la culture scolaire, incluant l’importance des connexions. 💚🤍
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At Marc Garneau Collegiate this morning for @CityMaximum’s kind of project: listening to students’ ideas about how to change their neighbourhood @Metrolinx
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And without further comment, change in children aged 0-14.
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Thanks to @theyorkschool for hosting me & other speakers on youth climate action this morning! Mobilization & persuasion - two powerful forces for change that young people can activate best
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Welcome to the team, Josh!
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I wrote about schools as social responsibility in the winter issue of Principal Connections maximumcity.ca/s/PC-Winter-2…
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For @Spacing's 20th anniversary issue, I listened to kids about what they want for Toronto's future. They are a pro growth, pro sustainability, and pro belonging crowd maximumcity.ca/s/Torontos-ne…
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