Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices

Motivation and Autonomy

Degrees of freedom in our schools and lives

by: Brooke Moore

Equity, Opinion, Policy, School Community

Building a Better Sense of the Equity Picture

Equity Information Resources from the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE)

by: Barbara McKenna

Assessment, EdTech & Design, Equity, Opinion

Ways and Means

Income inequality most assuredly goes to the heart of the equity-in-education issue

by: Peter H. Hennessy

EdCan Network, EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices, School Community

We Must Help Education Grow Forwards

Developing interconnected learning communities will be more helpful than mandating change

by: Janet Lauman

EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

The 21st Century Personalizing Teacher

by: Bruce Beairsto

Leadership, Opinion, Policy, School Community, Teaching

Cdn EdWire – Short Term Labour Peace for Long Term Labour Strife?

The pundits and educators are mulling over the long term bargaining table ramifications from teacher labour deals struck in Ontario and B.C.

by: Max Cooke

Equity, Leadership, Opinion, School Community

Cdn EdWire – French Immersion Program Review in New Brunswick – Part Deux

Angst-filled consultation awaits a province still bruised by the great 2008 immersion debate. For some, the upcoming task force headed by two former education ministers comes too little too late.

by: Max Cooke

EdCan Network, EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices, School Community

What’s Standing in the Way of Change? It Better not be Culture.

by: Scott Slater

EdTech & Design, Engagement, Opinion

What Students Say About Inquiry

English 8 students reflect on inquiry-based learning

by: Brooke Moore

Curriculum, Engagement, Opinion, Policy, Promising Practices, School Community

The Education Reform Movement (Part 2)

Running the Obstacle Course

by: Peter H. Hennessy

Equity, Leadership, Opinion, Promising Practices, School Community

Cdn EdWire: With Students Back in Classrooms, Education Media Kicks into High Gear

A barrage of quality coverage on classrooms, teaching, and equity issues compete for space alongside updates on the B.C. teacher labour dispute and education policy promises from the Ontario campaign trail.

by: Max Cooke

Assessment, EdCan Network, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

Let’s Be Honest: One Maguire Moment and 26 Teacher Voices

We need to face the reality that our job in education is to SUPPORT the learner

by: Dr. Valerie Irvine

Curriculum, Opinion, School Community

Canadian Education Wire – As summer sizzles, so do ongoing secular schooling debates

The difficult issues that play out for muslim prayer space in Toronto and for religious education in Morinville Alberta are balanced by inspiring stories of parental and community engagement.

by: Max Cooke

Diversity, Leadership, Opinion, School Community

Cdn EdWire – A New Year’s Hodge-Podge of Contentious Education Issues Fill the Dailies

An Alberta school reform plan, the launch of Toronto boutique schools, cutting New Brunswick school board, and the cost of minority language education are lightning rods for debate among stakeholders and the public.

by: Max Cooke

EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices

Innovation in Education: Why Don’t The Game Changers Change The Game?

by: David Price

EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices

Necessary Disruption (Part 4: Less, But Deeper, Curriculum)

by: Bruce Beairsto

Engagement, Opinion

Building relationships between Canadian and International Students

How one teacher uses history to teach contemporary lessons in humanity

by: Brooke Moore

Assessment, Leadership, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

Up With Reporting

by: Bruce Beairsto

Opinion, Policy, Teaching

Deep Breaths

Our teachers shape and define the lives that our children will lead and we must heed their voices; just as we must heed the voices of those who populate, fund and direct our schools.

by: Brian Harrison

Leadership, Opinion, Promising Practices, School Community

Bossism in Public Education

A few examples of legislative/regulatory overkill in our education systems

by: Peter H. Hennessy