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

What’s Standing in the Way of Change? It Better not be Culture.

by: Scott Slater

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

EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices

A Modest Proposal – Podcast Newsletters

by: Bruce Beairsto

Opinion, Promising Practices, School Community

Cdn EdWire – Ontario a Hotbed of Education Controversy

Education-related controversies persist with parents requesting pre-approval of sensitive subjects taught to their children and the increasingly divisive teacher labour disruption.

by: Max Cooke

EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

My Guitar Class is More than a Class

It’s an environment for action, collaboration, and innovation to take place, and for this innovation to be owned by the individuals and groups that fill these spaces.

by: Bryan Jackson

Opinion, Pathways, Promising Practices

In Praise of New Year’s Resolutions

by: Bruce Beairsto

Diversity, Leadership, Opinion, School Community

Cdn EdWire – A New Year’s Hodge-Podge of Contentious Education Issues Fill the Dailies

An Alberta school reform plan, the launch of Toronto boutique schools, cutting New Brunswick school board, and the cost of minority language education are lightning rods for debate among stakeholders and the public.

by: Max Cooke

Opinion

Partage d’expertise pédagogique

Conférences et non-condérences sur les pratiques innovantes

by: Pierre Poulin

Leadership, Opinion, School Community, Teaching

Odyssey Conference 2010

November 18, 2010 - November 20, 2010 | Toronto, ON

by: Michael Sefcik

Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

Engaging Teachers, Engaging Learners: The 2012 Pat Clifford Award

by: Dr. Michele Jacobsen

EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

The EdCamp Explosion

Taking it to the next level

by: Bruce Beairsto

Assessment, Engagement, Leadership, Opinion

Motivation and Mastery – The Problem with Grand Goals

by: Bruce Beairsto

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

We Must Help Education Grow Forwards

Developing interconnected learning communities will be more helpful than mandating change

by: Janet Lauman

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

Opinion, Pathways, Policy, Teaching

Getting No Respect: Teacher Education Programs

by: John J C Myers

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

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

EdTech & Design, Equity, Opinion, Policy

Putting a Sustained Focus on Equity in Education

CEA’s Focus on Equity Campaign will share diverse perspectives to advance our thinking on the challenge of ensuring that all learners have equitable opportunities

by: Max Cooke

EdCan Network News

Back to school? For some Canadian kids, that was weeks ago

Equity, Leadership, Opinion, School Community

Cdn EdWire – French Immersion Program Review in New Brunswick – Part Deux

Angst-filled consultation awaits a province still bruised by the great 2008 immersion debate. For some, the upcoming task force headed by two former education ministers comes too little too late.

by: Max Cooke