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Robbie O'Connell

Irish singer and songwriter

Aug 31, 2026

HelenaHOST
6:51
So, Robbie, we'd love to hear what are your thoughts on homework as a principal and a former teacher?
6:57
Yeah, there's no one size fits all.
7:00
So along the lines of what Coleman is saying around families, children, different family dynamics, additional education needs.
7:09
There's such a wide variety of needs, capabilities, abilities.
7:15
that need to be looked at, that need to be addressed.
7:18
I suppose the way it's always been and the way it always was doesn't mean that it's right.
7:23
You know, John Dewey, the sociologist, the philosopher, the educator, you know, he often talked about if we teach today's students as we taught yesterday's, we rob them of tomorrow.

19 MINS LATER

HelenaHOST
26:13
Robbie, where would you start in the morning? Or what would you say to a principal who's on the fence? They want to get rid of it.

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