Assessment, Equity, Indigenous Learning, Opinion

Cdn EdWire – First Nations Schooling Inequities, PCAP Fallout, and Ongoing Bullying Dilemma

Over the last month, the education media have highlighted some serious issues and shortcomings in our public education systems, while shedding some light on what innovation looks like in the classroom.

by: Max Cooke

Engagement, Equity, Opinion, Policy

No equity without inclusion, solidarity…and data!

by: Christa Freiler

Assessment, Equity, Opinion, Policy, Promising Practices

When is falling behind not inevitable, but unacceptable?

by: Lisa Wolff

Equity, Leadership, Opinion, School Community

“Hello Equity, we’d like to introduce you to Accountability”

If real change and equity are the goal, we must treat education in a similar way to how we treat medicine

by: Jeff Kugler

Equity, Opinion, Policy, School Community

Are We Star Gazing? Can Canadian Schools Really be Equitable and Inclusive?

Leadership is the issue. It’s not the students and not the teachers. They can handle the challenges of “inclusive education”.

by: Gordon Porter

Assessment, Equity, Opinion, Policy

On Being Poor at School: Esoteric Hope?

Why does socioeconomic status fall off the practice and policy table of inclusion so readily when it is the most pervasive form of inequity?

by: Dr. Kate Tilleczek

Assessment, EdTech & Design, Equity, Opinion

Ways and Means

Income inequality most assuredly goes to the heart of the equity-in-education issue

by: Peter H. Hennessy

Equity, Opinion, School Community

Schools & Communities: A Partnership for Equity

Ensuring an equitable education for all our youth means that we need to change the way schools and the community view education, how it is delivered and who is responsible.

by: 4 moms 1 dream

Assessment, Engagement, Equity, Opinion, Policy

PCAP 2010 – Are we asking the right questions?

PCAP, just like PISA, doesn’t take approaches to learning, student engagement, and teaching environments into account in comparing provinces.

by: Ron Canuel

EdCan Network, Equity, Opinion, School Community, Teaching

Isn’t it about time we admit that race matters?

If indeed we are to eventually have a teaching population that is representative of the students, then we need to do more than base our assertions on hunches

by: Carl E. James

Equity, Leadership, Opinion, Policy

An equity lens beyond the traditional approaches

Having educators understand that equity is about inclusion, not exclusion, is a critical step in garnering the "WILL" to take the necessary actions needed

by: Yaw Obeng

Assessment, Equity, Indigenous Learning, Opinion, Policy

The Indian Act – Three Simples Pages Say it All!

There’s a price to be paid – both socially and economically – if we all fail to address and correct the educational inequities between students in our First Nations communities and those in mainstream Canada

by: James Wilson

Equity, Indigenous Learning, Opinion, School Community

The greatest opportunity for advancing equity lies in leadership

It is time that Indigenous peoples walk side by side on a shared education journey that is appreciative of the histories and contributions of both our world and the western world

by: Darren McKee

Equity, Opinion, Pathways, Teaching

‘Outing’ the Conversation About LGBTQ Issues in our Schools

It’s time to implement serious training conversations about the responsibility of teachers in this area

by: Deirdre Pike

Equity, Opinion, Policy, Teaching

Watch Your Tongue!

Could the language of equity be holding us back from moving forward?

by: Stephen Hurley

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

Equity, Opinion, School Community, Teaching

The Multi-Faith Secular: Changing the Discourse on Religious Accommodation in Schools

To create spiritually inclusive schools, we will need to create a set of ground rules about spirituality in public education settings and by extension, public society

by: Nadir Shirazi

Equity, Opinion, Policy

Equity: The Tarnish on the Golden Rule

by: Bruce Beairsto

Equity, Opinion, Policy, School Community

Building a Better Sense of the Equity Picture

Equity Information Resources from the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE)

by: Barbara McKenna

Equity, Opinion, Policy, School Community

CEA’s Focus on Equity Blogs – Week 1 in Review

An eloquent line-up of contributors challenged us to reflect on what we need to do in order to achieve equity for ALL students in Canadian classrooms

by: Max Cooke