Engagement, Opinion, School Community, Teaching

Are we really committed to the idea of critical thinking?

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

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

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

Rethinking School Design: Part Two

Making A Grand Entrance

by: Stephen Hurley

Opinion, Promising Practices, School Community, Teaching

Starting Points in Education

Conversations with Beginning Teachers

by: Stephen Hurley

Assessment, Diversity, Opinion, School Community

Here we go loop dee loo…Pisa Announcements Unfold Pretty Much as Expected

by: Grant Frost

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

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

Opinion, Pathways, School Community, Teaching, Well-being

Creating an Ethos of Care in our Secondary Schools

by: Jean Stiles

Engagement, Opinion, School Community

Schools as A Place of Relationship

by: Stephen Hurley

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

Assessment, Opinion, School Community

Stormy weather for standardization may be on the horizon

by: Grant Frost

EdTech & Design, Engagement, Opinion, School Community

Is school actually meeting the current and future needs of our learners?

To put it bluntly, the pressure is now on us to collaborate on new designs for learning that will engage both students and teachers!

by: Aaron Akune

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, Curriculum, Diversity, Opinion, School Community

Fostering Vibrant School Communities: An Asset Oriented Endeavour

by: Luigi Iannacci

EdCan Network, Opinion, School Community

When will Will become a won’t?

by: Grant Frost

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

Curriculum, Indigenous Learning, Opinion, School Community

Cdn EdWire – Back-to-school Issues-a-plenty

The annual throng of September education media articles includes the ongoing tenuous teacher labour negotiations in Ontario and B.C., updates on cyberbullying prevention, and heaps of advice to parents.

by: Max Cooke

Engagement, Opinion, Pathways, Promising Practices, School Community

Dropout Prevention: Finding a Compelling Answer to “Why stay in?”

by: Phil Jarvis

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