Assessment, Opinion, Teaching

Effective Student Learning Depends on Effective Teacher Learning

Continually investing in professional learning for Canada’s teachers is absolutely critical to student success

by: Bernie Froese-Germain

Assessment, Opinion, Teaching, Well-being

What is Child and Youth Mental Health?

by: Lynette Eulette

Assessment, Opinion, Well at Work

The Art of Conversation

Discovering the Heart of Communication

by: EdCan Network

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

Assessment, Opinion, Policy, Well-being

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

by: Paul W. Bennett

Assessment, Engagement, Leadership, Opinion

Teacher Engagement is the Key to Student Engagement

by: Bruce Beairsto

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

Assessment, Opinion

How physical activity affects a child’s academics

The likelihood of improving academic achievement by sneaking in some more activity far exceeds the risk of it doing any harm

by: Allana LeBlanc

Assessment, Opinion, Promising Practices

Drawing our Rubrics with Dotted Lines

On what is NOT captured by our assessment and evaluation processes

by: Stephen Hurley

Assessment, Opinion

Fitting Daily Physical Activity into School Culture

Physical Activity Improves Academic Performance at Barrie Central Collegiate

by: Russell Atkinson

Assessment, Opinion, Teaching

“Train Your Brain”

The effect of physical activity on brain health and development

by: Mark S. Tremblay

Assessment, Engagement, Opinion, Pathways, School Community

Reaching Every Student – Every Day

Four essential factors for developing an alternative school for at-risk students

by: Andrew Mead

Assessment, Equity, Opinion, Policy

The Children Left Behind

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

by: Stephen Hurley

Assessment, Engagement, Opinion

School is a Risky Place

Inspired by my reading of Brene Brown's Daring Greatly

by: Brooke Moore

Assessment, Leadership, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

Merit Pay for Canadian Teachers

Is it worth a look?

by: Stephen Hurley

Assessment, Engagement, Opinion, Well-being

Is a Teacher a Friendly Critic or Critical Friend?

by: Bruce Beairsto

Assessment, EdCan Network, Opinion

The Assessment Barrier

How much do tests really tell us about a student’s ability to apply real world knowledge?

by: Zoe Branigan-Pipe

Assessment, Leadership, Opinion, Promising Practices

Come and sit beside me and I’ll tell you what I think!

The importance of proximity in our approach to assessment

by: Stephen Hurley

Assessment, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

Can we put new wine into old skins?

Assessment policy can provide the inspiration we need for real conversation about transformation

by: Stephen Hurley

Assessment, Opinion, Pathways, Teaching

Poisonous Praise

Re-thinking comments to encourage learning rather than the status quo

by: Brooke Moore