Leadership, Opinion, School Community, Teaching

The Patchwork Pieces of Professional Development

A response to the teacher PD dilemma

by: Nancy Matthews

EdTech & Design, Engagement, Leadership, Opinion, Teaching

Five Ways for Teachers To Take Charge of Their Own Learning

A principal’s P.O.V. on how PD can serve as a catalyst for deep learning

by: Andrew Mead

The EdCan Network Announces its 2021-2022 Board of Directors and Advisory Council

This pan-Canadian network of leaders from the K-12, post-secondary, not-for-profit and corporate sectors share a commitment to heighten educators’ capacity to explore and respond to public education’s emerging systemic opportunities and challenges.

by: EdCan Network

Indigenous Learning, Opinion, Teaching

Is Empowerment a Dirty Word?

Empowered to learn versus supported in learning

by: Brooke Moore

The EdCan Network’s Continued Operations

by: EdCan Network

Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

Students determine the classroom rules

How we achieved sanity during Spring Fever

by: Brooke Moore

Opinion, Promising Practices, Well-being

Challenging the Status Quo for Youth Mental Health

by: ​Jeff Moat

EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices

Education is Risky Business

But Isn't That What Makes It So Beautiful?

by: Stephen Hurley

EdCan Network News

When the Community Becomes the School

2017 Ken Spencer Award-winning programs recognized for how local professionals, parents, teachers, students and their newcomer peers can work together to leverage real and relevant learning opportunities in their own backyards.

EdTech & Design, Leadership, Opinion, Promising Practices

Addressing the Knowledge-Doing Gap

Objects In Motion...

by: Stephen Hurley

EdCan Network, Equity, Opinion, School Community, Teaching

Isn’t it about time we admit that race matters?

If indeed we are to eventually have a teaching population that is representative of the students, then we need to do more than base our assertions on hunches

by: Carl E. James

Assessment, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

Can we put new wine into old skins?

Assessment policy can provide the inspiration we need for real conversation about transformation

by: Stephen Hurley

Research

Education Research Highlights

From January 2018

by: EdCan Network

Assessment, Opinion, Teaching

“Train Your Brain”

The effect of physical activity on brain health and development

by: Mark S. Tremblay

Assessment, Opinion, Promising Practices

Drawing our Rubrics with Dotted Lines

On what is NOT captured by our assessment and evaluation processes

by: Stephen Hurley

Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices, School Community

‘Twas the Night Before School Starts and All Through the House

Some Labour Day Thinking

by: Stephen Hurley

Curriculum, Opinion

There’s More To the French Immersion Challenge Than Meets The Eye

An Opportunity To Take A Deeper Dive

by: Stephen Hurley

Engagement, Opinion, Teaching, Well-being

When is the best time for students to learn about the importance of mental health?

The ‘Let’s Talk Mental Health National Video Conference’ will help answer this important question.

by: Michael Furdyk

EdTech & Design, Engagement, Opinion

Embedded Inquiry

Why hadn't I thought of it like that before?

by: Brooke Moore

Assessment, Opinion

Fitting Daily Physical Activity into School Culture

Physical Activity Improves Academic Performance at Barrie Central Collegiate

by: Russell Atkinson