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Grappling Then and Now with Demons by Seamus Cole
This article appeared in Quadrant Online, May 19th, 2025. It is re-posted here with the kind permission of the writer, Seamus Cole, and Quadrant Online. I am increasingly reminded that what’s old is also new again” and I suspect great… Continue reading
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The Ontology of Student Agency: Are there Elephants in the room?
“Belinksy was just like Krylov’s Inquisitive Man, who didn’t notice the elephant in the museum” Demons (Dostoevsky, 2008) Abstract: This short article discusses an ontological concept of student agency within K-12 schooling. It is argued that ontologically, student agency does… Continue reading
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The Design and Evaluation of Teacher Professional Development Programs: 6 Steps towards an Integrated Values Based Framework
by Lawrence Burke Abstract: This article explores the traditional concept of teacher professional development through the filters of controlled, dependent and uncontrolled variables. Controlled variables within the teaching profession determine the outcome of all teacher professional development programs. Dependent variables… Continue reading
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Cursive Writing as Self‐Identity in an Age of Digital Determinism
by Lawrence Burke A 21st Century Context In the 1997 Sci‐Fic classic Gattaca key themes and ideas around reproductive and design technologies and their effects on the societies of the future are explored. The manipulation of our DNA is now… Continue reading
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Burden of Proof: Deconstructing Arguments and Evidence on the Origins of SARS-CoV-2.
by Lawrence Burke “In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual” Galileo Galilei Disclaimer: As a non-scientist I recognize my limitations in the understanding and interpretation of the detailed,… Continue reading
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Life and Death During A Global Pandemic-Who Gets to Live and Who Gets to Die?
by Lawrence Burke A New York hospital recently told its doctors to “think critically about who you intubate”. For the lay person that means make a decision on who lives and who dies. Yes, a disturbing but important ethical question;… Continue reading
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The 21st Century Digitized Panoptican
by Lawrence Burke Humanyze is a data analytic company. Its mission is to monitor employee’s work day through the use of digital technology. Designed at MIT, The Humanyze Badge Platform allows employers to monitor their employees every second of every… Continue reading
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The end of education- as we know it?
by Lawrence Burke Education in the 21st century is a multi-billion dollar business. It wasn’t always that way. Ancient cultures provided an education based on the foundations of literacy (writing, reading & numeracy) underpinning further studies in languages, culture, religions,… Continue reading
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Technology: How much is too much?
by Lawrence Burke One of the more comic technology items introduced in 2013 was the iPotty. A simple device was attached to a toilet training potty for very young children. They could play with apps and Google away while waiting… Continue reading
The LB Chronicles by Lawrence Burke, Ed.D 