Opinion, Pathways, Promising Practices

In Praise of New Year’s Resolutions

by: Bruce Beairsto

EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

My Secrets for Innovating Classroom Practice – Part 1

An outline of the steps I took to transform my practice so that it is now aligned with expectations for 21st Century Fluencies.

by: Heidi Siwak

Assessment, Equity, Opinion, School Community, Teaching

Threatening the Status Quo

Assessment as Learning threatens the status quo – Thank goodness for that!

by: Brooke Moore

EdCan Network, EdTech & Design, Leadership, Opinion, Promising Practices

Stop Asking For Permission to Change

It’s our school culture – not bureaucratic hierarchy – that provides the constraints to meaningful change.

by: Brian Harrison

Curriculum, EdTech & Design, Opinion, School Community

Education Media/Blogosphere Roundup

by: Max Cooke

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

Brave Educators Possess an Inquisitive Nature to Pursue Change

We must provide guidance and reassurance to those who are ‘sticking their necks out’

by: Colleen Rose

Opinion, Policy, School Community

Canadian EdWire – All’s Not So Quiet on the Education Front

Special-needs integration guidelines unveiled in Quebec, flare-ups involving religious accommodation, cheating, and school closures.

by: Max Cooke

EdCan Network, EdTech & Design, Opinion, Teaching

Sharing Shouldn’t Seem Scary

By failing to fully leverage the power of sharing, we stand in our own way of change in education

by: Aaron Akune

EdCan Network, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

A change mindset requires curiosity

by: Barry Dyck

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

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

Parents Please BYOD

When parents become active participants in their child’s learning - something that is made amazingly easy with mobile devices – everyone benefits.

by: Lorna Costantini

EdTech & Design, Engagement, Opinion, Teaching

Classroom Innovation Means Giving Up Control

The essence of what drives innovation begins with what kids want to learn.

by: Donna Miller Fry

Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

Engaging Teachers, Engaging Learners: The 2012 Pat Clifford Award

by: Dr. Michele Jacobsen

EdCan Network, Opinion, Policy, Promising Practices, School Community, Teaching

Education Canada’s Summer 2010 Edition is Now Available

by: Michael Sefcik

Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices

CEA’s What did you do in school today? initiative featured in collaborative education research video

by: Michael Sefcik

Opinion, Promising Practices, School Community

Spring Comes in September

by: Bruce Beairsto

Engagement, Opinion, School Community

Canadian EdWire – Our Public Schools: Consumer-driven?

As back-to-school time approaches, the growing parental demand for niche market programs reflects a desire for their children to be more engaged in school.

by: Max Cooke

Assessment, Engagement, Leadership, Opinion

What is the question?

Politics get in the way of improving learning for ALL learners

by: Brooke Moore

Assessment, Engagement, Leadership, Opinion

Motivation and Mastery – The Problem with Grand Goals

by: Bruce Beairsto

EdTech & Design, Opinion, School Community

Maybe I’m In an Innovation Echo Chamber

I like shiny things, change, being uncomfortable, and doing something about it, but this movement isn’t happening where I am.

by: Aerin Guy