Equity, Opinion, Policy, Promising Practices

What are the levers for more equitable school systems

Making the margins our central focus

by: Stephen Hurley

Assessment, Equity, Indigenous Learning, Opinion, Policy

The Indian Act – Three Simples Pages Say it All!

There’s a price to be paid – both socially and economically – if we all fail to address and correct the educational inequities between students in our First Nations communities and those in mainstream Canada

by: James Wilson

Opinion, Policy, Teaching, Well at Work, Well-being

What does Student Mental Health have to do with Teaching in the Classroom?

by: Lynette Eulette

Assessment, Opinion, Policy, Well-being

Testopoly and Social-Emotional Learning: Testing, Pearson Education, and the ‘Soft SEL’

by: Paul W. Bennett

Opinion, Policy, Teaching

Fidget Spinner Craze

The Latest School Ground Fad and its Lessons

by: Paul W. Bennett

Curriculum, Opinion, Policy, Teaching

Democracy Education Network

Curriculum, Engagement, Indigenous Learning, Opinion, Policy

Engage Aboriginal Students In Education

Engaging students in their own culture, language, and worldview will heighten success

by: Nancy MacLeod

Assessment, Equity, Opinion, Policy

On Being Poor at School: Esoteric Hope?

Why does socioeconomic status fall off the practice and policy table of inclusion so readily when it is the most pervasive form of inequity?

by: Dr. Kate Tilleczek

Opinion, Policy, School Community

Creating Supportive Environments for Students with Disabilities

As long as we continue to see people with disabilities as separate in any way, they will never be included

by: Jacqueline Specht

EdTech & Design, Equity, Opinion, Policy, School Community

Equity in Education and the Digital Age

Equity will only be realized when learning is personalized and every student has the ability to access information at their individual speed or learning

by: John Kershaw

Equity, Opinion, Pathways, Policy

Making even better use of existing resources to reduce course failure and prevent dropouts

by: Brenton Faubert

Equity, Opinion, Policy, School Community

Are We Star Gazing? Can Canadian Schools Really be Equitable and Inclusive?

Leadership is the issue. It’s not the students and not the teachers. They can handle the challenges of “inclusive education”.

by: Gordon Porter

Leadership, Opinion, Policy, School Community

Cdn EdWire – Drummond Report Dominates Canada’s Education Discourse

The influence of recommendations to cut Ontario’s all-day Kindergarten and increase class sizes could eventually be felt nationally.

by: Max Cooke

Assessment, Equity, Opinion, Policy

The Children Left Behind

A first look at UNICEF's Innocenti Report Card #9

by: Stephen Hurley

Equity, Opinion, Policy, School Community

CEA’s Focus on Equity Blogs – Week 1 in Review

An eloquent line-up of contributors challenged us to reflect on what we need to do in order to achieve equity for ALL students in Canadian classrooms

by: Max Cooke

Equity, Indigenous Learning, Opinion, Policy, Promising Practices, School Community

Equity in Our Schools

Looking to the Margins for Symptoms of Success

by: Stephen Hurley

Engagement, Opinion, Policy, Promising Practices, School Community

Building Community

by: Holly Bennett

Equity, Opinion, Policy, Teaching

Watch Your Tongue!

Could the language of equity be holding us back from moving forward?

by: Stephen Hurley

Curriculum, Diversity, Opinion, Policy

Cdn EdWire – New Quebec Government Stirs Up Multiple Education Controversies

Newly elected separatist PQ government hits the ground running by proposing controversial policy shifts in private school subsidies, eliminating early English-as-a-second-language classes, and adding a more sovereignty-focused history curriculum.

by: Max Cooke

Assessment, Engagement, Opinion, Policy, Promising Practices

Is our focus on assessment taking away from our children’s education?

Redefining the cart and the horse in public schooling

by: Stephen Hurley