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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...

Danny Hyndman
Dec 1, 20233 min read
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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...

Danny Hyndman
Nov 21, 20223 min read
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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...

Danny Hyndman
Oct 20, 20224 min read
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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...

Danny Hyndman
Nov 17, 20214 min read
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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...

Danny Hyndman
Oct 29, 20214 min read
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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...

Danny Hyndman
Oct 22, 20214 min read
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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...

Danny Hyndman
Oct 20, 20215 min read
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Hate Mail
Hate mail arrived in my letterbox at home 5 days before I was officially to start as principal of a nearby school. It was just that...

Danny Hyndman
Oct 12, 20215 min read
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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...

Danny Hyndman
Oct 6, 20214 min read
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Depth Over Breadth
One of the biggest challenges in education is that a crowded curriculum leads many teachers to choose content over pedagogy.

Danny Hyndman
Sep 23, 20214 min read
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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...

Danny Hyndman
Sep 15, 20214 min read
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