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

Curriculum, EdTech & Design, Opinion, Pathways, School Community

Bullying: Responding to a Sad Fact of Life

by: Bruce Beairsto

Opinion, Promising Practices, School Community

Please take the CEA/Ipsos Attitudes Toward Public Education Survey

We’re capturing a cross-Canada picture of your views on educational change

by: Ron Canuel

Assessment, Diversity, Leadership, Opinion, School Community, Teaching

Canadian Education Wire – Effects of Ministerial Belt Tightening Felt by Current and Would-be Teachers

A busy week of education media focusing on the fallout from Ministerial education budget cuts in several provinces, a case for year round schooling, and language learning in Nunavut.

by: Max Cooke

Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices, School Community

The Education Reform Movement

Re-engage students with the adult world as part of their formal education

by: Peter H. Hennessy

Curriculum, Opinion, Promising Practices, School Community

STEMming the tide of creativity in schools

Why are Arts classes often the victim of a science minded society?

by: Grant Frost

Leadership, Opinion, School Community

Canadian EdWire – The back-to-school media crush begins

Advice on curbing back-to-school anxiety, homework meltdowns, and paying for school essentials, except in B.C., where a high-stakes labour dispute is ready to unfold.

by: Max Cooke

Leadership, Opinion, School Community, Teaching

Odyssey Conference 2010

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

by: Michael Sefcik

Curriculum, EdTech & Design, Leadership, Opinion, School Community

Hockey Riots and Public Education

by: Bruce Beairsto

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

EdCan Network, Opinion, Pathways, Promising Practices, School Community

Once Upon a Time: What’s Standing in the Way of Change in Education?

by: Rose Pillay

Assessment, Equity, Opinion, School Community, Teaching

Threatening the Status Quo

Assessment as Learning threatens the status quo – Thank goodness for that!

by: Brooke Moore

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

Opinion, Policy, School Community

Canadian EdWire – All’s Not So Quiet on the Education Front

Special-needs integration guidelines unveiled in Quebec, flare-ups involving religious accommodation, cheating, and school closures.

by: Max Cooke

Curriculum, EdTech & Design, Opinion, School Community

Education Media/Blogosphere Roundup

by: Max Cooke

EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices, School Community

Capturing Canadians’ Views on Change in Education

Results from the 2012 CEA Attitudes Towards Public Education Survey

by: Max Cooke

EdTech & Design, Engagement, Equity, Opinion, School Community

Parents Please BYOD

When parents become active participants in their child’s learning - something that is made amazingly easy with mobile devices – everyone benefits.

by: Lorna Costantini

EdCan Network, Opinion, Policy, Promising Practices, School Community, Teaching

Education Canada’s Summer 2010 Edition is Now Available

by: Michael Sefcik

Engagement, Opinion, School Community

Canadian EdWire – Our Public Schools: Consumer-driven?

As back-to-school time approaches, the growing parental demand for niche market programs reflects a desire for their children to be more engaged in school.

by: Max Cooke

Opinion, Promising Practices, School Community

Spring Comes in September

by: Bruce Beairsto