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

Creating More Mentally Healthy Schools

Resources are available to help teachers bring conversations about mental health into their classrooms

by: Andrea Kirkum

Assessment, Engagement, Leadership, Opinion, Teaching

Teachers Need Feedback Too

by: Bruce Beairsto

Assessment, Opinion, Teaching

Professionals Don’t Use Marks to Motivate

by: Bruce Beairsto

Curriculum, Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

What Will You Open First At The Beginning of the School Year?

Textbooks, Stories and the First Day of School

by: Stephen Hurley

Opinion, School Community, Teaching

Big school infrastructure funding announcement shines media spotlight on Alberta

Canadian Education Wire

by: Max Cooke

Curriculum, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

The “Canadian Way” in a Chinese School

by: Bruce Beairsto

Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

Preparing The Classroom Garden

by: Bruce Beairsto

Leadership, Opinion, Policy, School Community, Teaching

Cdn EdWire – Short Term Labour Peace for Long Term Labour Strife?

The pundits and educators are mulling over the long term bargaining table ramifications from teacher labour deals struck in Ontario and B.C.

by: Max Cooke

Opinion, Teaching

Visiting a life-skills classroom

How Ms Wiltse lets her students Shine

by: Brooke Moore

EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

The 21st Century Personalizing Teacher

by: Bruce Beairsto

Assessment, EdCan Network, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

Let’s Be Honest: One Maguire Moment and 26 Teacher Voices

We need to face the reality that our job in education is to SUPPORT the learner

by: Dr. Valerie Irvine

Assessment, Engagement, Opinion, Teaching

Increasing Student Learning

Are You Teaching for Understanding or Teaching by Tell & Do?

by: Lori Cullen

Assessment, Equity, Opinion, School Community, Teaching

Threatening the Status Quo

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

by: Brooke Moore

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

Assessment, Leadership, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

Up With Reporting

by: Bruce Beairsto

Assessment, Leadership, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

Down With Letter Grades

by: Bruce Beairsto

Opinion, Policy, Teaching

Deep Breaths

Our teachers shape and define the lives that our children will lead and we must heed their voices; just as we must heed the voices of those who populate, fund and direct our schools.

by: Brian Harrison

Opinion, Pathways, Policy, Teaching

Getting No Respect: Teacher Education Programs

by: John J C Myers

EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

The EdCamp Explosion

Taking it to the next level

by: Bruce Beairsto

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

Education Canada’s Summer 2010 Edition is Now Available

by: Michael Sefcik