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

Assessment, Opinion, Teaching

Professionals Don’t Use Marks to Motivate

by: Bruce Beairsto

EdTech & Design, Engagement, Opinion

What Students Say About Inquiry

English 8 students reflect on inquiry-based learning

by: Brooke Moore

Opinion, Policy, Research

Cdn EdWire – Gay-Straight Alliances in Catholic Schools Debate Heats Up in Ontario

It’s Catholic values vs. the use of the word “gay” for student anti-homophobia clubs while a proposed anti-bullying law gets caught in the crosshairs.

by: Max Cooke

Assessment, Engagement, Leadership, Opinion, Teaching

Motivation and Mastery – Listening to Student Voices

by: Bruce Beairsto

EdTech & Design, Opinion, Teaching

Learning through Inquiry

What I learned during my students' inquiry

by: Brooke Moore

Assessment, EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices

Setting the End of the Year Awards Table

Has Your Guest List Changed Over the Years?

by: Stephen Hurley

Opinion, Teaching

Lunch and Learn

Professional conversations over soup

by: Brooke Moore

Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

If It’s Good Enough For Our Early Learners…

Informal Learning Across the Ages

by: Stephen Hurley

Leadership, Opinion, Policy

Cdn EdWire – Inclusion and cyberbullying debated in the Maritimes

From inclusion programs in New Brunswick referred to as ‘extreme’ to contentious school closures and new cyberbulling laws in Nova Scotia, there’s lots of education news from the East Coast.

by: Max Cooke

Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

Musical Futures: Can an informal approach to learning breathe new life into our schools?

by: Stephen Hurley

Assessment, Engagement, Opinion, Teaching

Increasing Student Learning

Are You Teaching for Understanding or Teaching by Tell & Do?

by: Lori Cullen

EdTech & Design, Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices

Quality Music Education: Never Say Never

Why We May Be Missing the Obvious Connection

by: Stephen Hurley

EdCan Network, EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices

Twitter and Canadian Education – The danger, and benefits, to developing Top 10 lists

by: Max Cooke