Opinion, Teaching

Does a PLC Need Research?

by: Bruce Beairsto

EdTech & Design, Engagement, Opinion

Embedded Inquiry

Why hadn't I thought of it like that before?

by: Brooke Moore

Curriculum, Indigenous Learning, Opinion, School Community

Cdn EdWire – Back-to-school Issues-a-plenty

The annual throng of September education media articles includes the ongoing tenuous teacher labour negotiations in Ontario and B.C., updates on cyberbullying prevention, and heaps of advice to parents.

by: Max Cooke

Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices, School Community

Changing the Conversations about Education

What if Twitter Stream were to meet mainstream?

by: Stephen Hurley

EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices, School Community

Capturing Canadians’ Views on Change in Education

Results from the 2012 CEA Attitudes Towards Public Education Survey

by: Max Cooke

Engagement, Opinion, School Community

Schools as A Place of Relationship

by: Stephen Hurley

Opinion, School Community

Cdn EdWire – Threat to Recruit Strippers from High School has Legs

Plus groundbreaking anti-bullying and copyright legislation, and heated Ontario teacher labour negotiations keep media focus on education during the traditional summer downtime

by: Max Cooke

Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

Teachers as Nodes in a Network

We are not alone nor are we powerless against an inflexible and outdated system

by: Daryl Bambic

Opinion

Teaching the Way We Aspire to Teach

In Praise of Context

by: Stephen Hurley

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

Assessment, EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices

Two Heads are Better Than One – Except in School

by: Bruce Beairsto

Curriculum, Leadership, Opinion, Teaching

Reminder: Teaching is a Soulful Experience that Transforms Kids

Facilitating teacher focus groups across the country revealed teachers’ profound sense of humility for the enormous impact they have on young people’s lives

by: Ron Canuel

Opinion, Promising Practices

Are We Teaching the Way We Aspire to Teach

What sort of question is that?

by: Stephen Hurley

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

Curriculum, Engagement, Opinion, Teaching

Teaching and Type Two Ignorance

They don't know what they don't know

by: Bruce Beairsto

Curriculum, EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

A Co-Planning/Co-Teaching Approach to Instructional Practice

Breaking Down the Walls of Classrooms Across the District

by: Stephen Hurley

Leadership, Opinion, School Community

Cdn EdWire – The Impact of Funding Shortfalls Felt in Saskatchewan Schools

Education media details the fallout from a national belt-tightening trend as school boards struggle to balance the books

by: Max Cooke

Curriculum, Diversity, EdTech & Design, Engagement, Opinion, School Community

Democratic Deliberation – A Basic Skill for the Future

by: Bruce Beairsto

Opinion, Teaching

Aboriginal Education

Our moral imperative to teach our shared Canadian history

by: Brooke Moore

Assessment, Opinion, Pathways, Teaching

Cdn EdWire – Edmonton ‘Zeros’ In On Grading and Assessment Practices

A teacher suspended for giving students zeros touches off an emotional and polarizing discussion among educators and the public about no-zero policies.

by: Max Cooke