Danny Hyndman
The Kids Are Alright
It wasn’t always safe to stand on duty at the front of the school before the day started. In six years, I saw a range of incidents. From...
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Danny Hyndman
- Nov 21, 2022
- 3 min
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
“Fuck off, I don’t care if you are the principal. Just fuck off, and get out.” I waited for about half a second, then got up and left the...
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Danny Hyndman
- Oct 20, 2022
- 4 min
Wellbeing Is The Outcome, But Shouldn't Be The Focus
Way back in 2011, I was successfully appointed as principal of a primary school that was arguably the worst performing school in the...
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Danny Hyndman
- Nov 17, 2021
- 4 min
Report Writing Season
Teaching is the best job in the world, but it is also the hardest. It is a demanding profession at the best of times, and in the middle...
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Danny Hyndman
- Oct 29, 2021
- 4 min
Finish Strong
It takes a long time to build a school up to excellence. This is a story of pride and surprise. In 2010, as part of a regional...
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Danny Hyndman
- Oct 22, 2021
- 4 min
Victorian Education Excellence Awards
In 2016, I had been the principal at Woori Yallock PS for 6 years. I had just been nominated for Principal Of The Year, and as a school...
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Danny Hyndman
- Oct 20, 2021
- 5 min
Learning Can Be Life Changing
Everyone who has thought deeply enough about education realises that it is broken in its current state. The notion of having one teacher...
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Danny Hyndman
- Oct 6, 2021
- 4 min
Remembering Richard Elmore
How many people as part of their life’s work, commit everything to a cause, know the odds are too great, yet they do it anyway? There is...
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Danny Hyndman
- Sep 23, 2021
- 4 min
Depth Over Breadth
One of the biggest challenges in education is that a crowded curriculum leads many teachers to choose content over pedagogy.
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Danny Hyndman
- Sep 15, 2021
- 4 min
Can an entire education system become coherent?
I’m very fortunate in my role to work with some amazing educators and schools. Through the courses that I run, or when starting out with...
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