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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

Assessment, Engagement, Leadership, Opinion

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

by: Bruce Beairsto

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, 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, 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

Equity, Leadership, Opinion, Pathways

Equity Begins with Education

A different approach is required to increase postsecondary participation rates, as money alone will not work

by: Harvey Weingarten

Equity, Leadership, Opinion, Policy, School Community

Much-needed specialized school programs that build equity must expand

Toronto’s Triangle Program, Model Schools, and Africentric schools cannot be dismissed as ‘band-aid solutions’

by: John Campey

Leadership, Opinion, Promising Practices, School Community

The Dream World of the 1968 Hall-Dennis Living and Learning Report is alive and well in the story of transforming public education

by: Peter H. Hennessy

Engagement, Indigenous Learning, Leadership, Opinion, Pathways

Cdn EdWire – A diverse array of serious education issues play out in the dailies

Cyberbullying and teen suicide, abolition of Quebec school boards, failing our First Nations students, confronting the persistent dropout issue, and continued B.C. teacher labour unrest have made headlines in recent weeks.

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

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

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, Engagement, Leadership, Opinion, Promising Practices, School Community