Kevin Graham
A personal exploration, a world view, or a manifesto?
I hope you’re having a great Summer. This is how I’ve spent much of the past month. To date, this is the longest piece I’ve ever written....
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Kevin Graham
- Mar 27
- 11 min
Where hope is lost, so is the claim
With authentic Canadian humility (for which, I should add, we are excessively proud), I offer this sincere apology to my many friends...
Kevin Graham
- Mar 2
- 9 min
Societal collapse and the role of education
Is it a duty to scratch our way through seemingly impenetrable walls in search of true understanding? Today’s entry is about our system...
Kevin Graham
- Feb 28
- 6 min
Racial Diversity in Independent Schools
This is the fourth in a series of short pieces stemming from our November 2022 Community and Belonging Survey of Students, involving 96...
Kevin Graham
- Jan 24
- 1 min
The evils of social media… quantified
It’s fair to say that we’re all well aware of the negative associations with too much time spent on social media. We can talk to...
Kevin Graham
- Jan 19
- 3 min
If I’m a teenager who identifies with the LGBTQ2S+ community…
So much to say… so little time. There’s a dissertation’s worth of data on this topic coming out of our Community and Belonging Survey…...
Kevin Graham
- Jan 13
- 7 min
Collateral Damage
A hammer is good for hammering nails. It doesn’t contribute much to changing a bicycle tire. I’ve just re-read ‘The Conversation’ between...
Kevin Graham
- Aug 24, 2022
- 3 min
Like a family reunion
Like any good self-righteous Canadian, I’ve been consuming too much popcorn while watching our southern neighbours in live-action...
Kevin Graham
- Aug 7, 2022
- 4 min
Education viewed through your lens of the world
Several years ago, the former governor of Wisconsin attempted to re-write the mission statement of the University of Wisconsin. His...
Kevin Graham
- Jul 24, 2022
- 5 min
Predicting Success in Education – the chicken and the egg
Every time we do anything, we’re making a prediction on success. Be it investing, watching a hockey game, casting a vote, trying a new...
Kevin Graham
- Jul 18, 2022
- 4 min
My own working ‘theory of everything’
I’m no physicist, and my eyes glaze over at the very mention of general relativity and quantum mechanics. This said, I do have my own...
Kevin Graham
- Jul 13, 2022
- 3 min
Words matter...
“Well, punk…” “the best of times…” “… on the beaches…” “Toto, I’ve got a feeling…” “Ask not…” “Parting is…” “I’ll be right here” “Just...
Kevin Graham
- Mar 9, 2022
- 10 min
Nuance is such a bother sometimes...
This past weekend was spent with friends from high school (Class of 1976) on a friend’s hobby farm in Southampton. We busied ourselves...
Kevin Graham
- Feb 26, 2022
- 6 min
Emotional safety is the linchpin
Over the past 25 years, I’ve conducted 103 surveys of students at independent schools across North America and beyond. These surveys...
Kevin Graham
- Feb 11, 2022
- 7 min
“Just watch me!”
Declaring rights that clearly don’t exist reflects either the manipulator or the manipulated. …………………… Q: At any cost? How far would you...
Kevin Graham
- Jan 11, 2022
- 4 min
Teach your children well…
Perhaps at the age of eight, our youngest called up a friend from her Montessori program, introduced herself, and asked, “How are you?”...
Kevin Graham
- Dec 23, 2021
- 7 min
Bring your own wellies (look it up)
Trust me. You don’t need to wear a mask. (We don’t have any masks.) Trust me. You need to wear a mask. (Now we have masks.) Covid is not...
Kevin Graham
- Sep 26, 2021
- 9 min
Elephant in the Room
Keywords: education top-down; obesity and Covid; government intervention; personal freedom and responsibility; health care management;...
Kevin Graham
- Sep 12, 2021
- 4 min
Religious discrimination
Religion is defined as a system of faith and worship. This has both traditional and non-traditional interpretations. As an example, for...
Kevin Graham
- Aug 31, 2021
- 8 min
y=mx+b: Modeling success in education
Prepare for a bit of a stroll around the barn. I don’t know yet where this will take us but it’s something I’d like to explore. This is...
Kevin Graham
- Aug 26, 2021
- 4 min
Change is the greatest change!
For as long as I’ve been conducting surveys for independent schools (25 years), we’ve been asking parents to rate a school’s success in...
Kevin Graham
- May 16, 2021
- 24 min
My Covid diary so far
Here’s my answer to the many friends and family members asking how we’re holding up. Olia and her mother are both stable and miserable....
Kevin Graham
- May 14, 2021
- 1 min
Emotional Dysregulation During Covid
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Kevin Graham
- Feb 18, 2021
- 4 min
Grateful for the challenge
With each new school I work with, someone asks me how I fell into conducting surveys for independent schools. My answer is the challenge...
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