Leadership, Opinion, Policy, Promising Practices

Out of sight, out of mind?

Finding where policy matters the most

by: Stephen Hurley

Assessment, Equity, Opinion, Policy

The time is Now: Excellence and Equity for All

Realizing the Promise of Diversity: Ontario’s Equity and Inclusive Education Strategy

by: Avis Glaze

Opinion, Policy, Promising Practices

Let’s Get It Started

Moving the Educational Conversation into the Mainstream

by: Stephen Hurley

Assessment, Equity, Opinion, Policy, Promising Practices

When is falling behind not inevitable, but unacceptable?

by: Lisa Wolff

Engagement, Opinion, Policy, Promising Practices

The Corporate Mentality: Why the CCCE Will Probably Never Understand Why I Teach.

by: Grant Frost

Equity, Opinion, Policy, School Community

Equity is Happiness

Every student can relate to having felt excluded or unfairly treated at some point over the course of their schooling

by: Kareem Ibrahim

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

Engagement, Equity, Opinion, Policy

All Are Welcome…but then what?

The Challenges of Authentic Inclusivity

by: Stephen Hurley

Assessment, Equity, Opinion, Policy

Equity in education is not rocket science

It’s about creating multiple pathways of learning within a framework of equity and reduce the number high school students who fail to graduate and are adrift in the ‘Mc-job’ market

by: Peter H. Hennessy

EdCan Network, Engagement, Opinion, Policy, Promising Practices, Teaching

Let’s Continue to ‘Rock the Boat’

We all have a role to play in embedding a change mindset in our schools

by: Ron Canuel

Engagement, Equity, Opinion, Policy

No equity without inclusion, solidarity…and data!

by: Christa Freiler

Engagement, Equity, Opinion, Policy, School Community

Cdn EdWire: “Respecting Differences Clubs” = Gay-Straight Alliances

Ontario’s Catholic school system struggles to implement Ministry-imposed policies to fight homophobia.

by: Max Cooke

Opinion, Policy, Promising Practices

Raise High The Roof-Beam Carpenters

Making Room in our Vision of Schools

by: Stephen Hurley

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

Curriculum, Leadership, Opinion, Policy, Promising Practices

Just Supposing…

Most people, though they care about public education, are at a loss when it comes to changing it substantially

by: Peter H. Hennessy

Assessment, Leadership, Opinion, Policy, Promising Practices, School Community

Shaking the Education Tree

The time is now for a paradigm shift from uniformity, standardization, centralization and bureaucratization to one that heralds individualism, singularity and selfhood.

by: Peter H. Hennessy

EdTech & Design, Opinion, Policy, Promising Practices

Shift This

Lately there is a whole lot of shift going on...

by: Brooke Moore

Assessment, Curriculum, Diversity, EdCan Network, Opinion, Policy, Promising Practices

Placing Value on Citizenship Education in a Dog-Eat-Dog World

Confront barriers to change by educating active citizens for a democratic society

by: Peter H. Hennessy

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

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