Leadership, Opinion, Policy, School Community

Cdn EdWire – Drummond Report Dominates Canada’s Education Discourse

The influence of recommendations to cut Ontario’s all-day Kindergarten and increase class sizes could eventually be felt nationally.

by: Max Cooke

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

Equity, Leadership, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

Teacher Compensation in Canada I

Is there merit in looking at another model?

by: Stephen Hurley

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

Leadership, Opinion

Leading Across Work Styles

Tips on applying our understanding of different personalities to our leadership practice

by: Jim Grieve

Leadership, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

Good to Great? Who Knew?

The McKinsey Report on Successful School Systems

by: Stephen Hurley

Leadership, Opinion, Promising Practices

Tackling the Challenge to Change Canadian Education

‘21st century’ rhetoric aside, successfully transforming our education system remains elusive

by: Ron Canuel

Leadership, Opinion, School Community, Teaching

Learning in Flocks, Hives and Swarms

Whether you’re a passive or active, engaged or disengaged, voiced or silent, you influence those around you.

by: Rodd Lucier

EdTech & Design, Leadership, Opinion, Teaching

Making a Difference in Our Schools

by: Robert Goyette

Assessment, Engagement, Leadership, Opinion

Engagement, Learning, Achievement – That’s the Necessary Order of Things

by: Bruce Beairsto

EdTech & Design, Engagement, Leadership, Opinion, Promising Practices, School Community

How is a School System Like a Modern Automobile?

Towards a more cohesive type of systems thinking

by: Stephen Hurley

Leadership, Opinion, Policy, Promising Practices

Out of sight, out of mind?

Finding where policy matters the most

by: Stephen Hurley

Assessment, Leadership, Opinion, School Community

Canadian Education Wire – Thinking About a New Way to Rate School Performance

Great Schools Project aims to give parents clearer answer than implied by Fraser Institute rankings

by: Max Cooke

Leadership, Opinion, Teaching

Is Good Teaching Only for Students? What about the Teachers?

Of all the things we should put the most consideration to in education, it's on teacher PD.

by: Nancy Matthews

Leadership, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

Location! Location! Location!

Finding a Place for Teacher Education in the Canadian School System

by: Stephen Hurley

Leadership, Opinion, Pathways, School Community

Innovative Practice: Creating Dynamic Collaborations Involving Schools, Communities and Universities

by: Cynthia Prasow

Leadership, Opinion

Supporting Continuous School Board Improvement

Working together, we uncovered the advantages of doing things differently

by: Cindy Littlefair

Engagement, Leadership, Opinion, Policy, School Community

Canadian Education Wire – School Boards Grapple with Anti-Homophobia Policies

Education media uncovers rising tension facing Catholic schools that are directed by Ministries to help schools fight homophobia while seeking to uphold the Vatican’s stand against gay sex.

by: Max Cooke

Leadership, Opinion, School Community, Well-being

What does Education have to do with the Mental Health of Children and Youth?

by: Lynette Eulette

Assessment, Equity, Leadership, Opinion

Cdn EdWire: The Pros and Cons of Banning School Fundraising

Much ado in Ontario, as startling fundraising inequities are uncovered between schools in rich and poor Toronto neighbourhoods, while EQAO province wide testing results and ETFO election ads are released.

by: Max Cooke