Opinion, Teaching

Connecting Some Thinking Around Effective Professional Development

Context: The Warp and the Weft

by: Stephen Hurley

EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices

Putting an End to Combined Grade Thinking

Challenging Assumptions About Age-Based Learning

by: Stephen Hurley

Leadership, Opinion, Promising Practices

Tackling the Challenge to Change Canadian Education

‘21st century’ rhetoric aside, successfully transforming our education system remains elusive

by: Ron Canuel

EdCan Network, EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

Why do we need innovation in education?

Launch of a CEA blog focus aims to start building some form of consensus of our collective expectations for why innovation is needed in education.

by: Ron Canuel

Opinion, Pathways, Promising Practices

The Art of Change

Exploring New Metaphors to Discover What Is Important

by: Stephen Hurley

Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

Musical Futures: Can an informal approach to learning breathe new life into our schools?

by: Stephen Hurley

Opinion, Promising Practices

Let’s Talk About The Risk

Well, apparently we already are!

by: Stephen Hurley

Engagement, Opinion

So What Do We Really Mean by Engagement?

Would you rather be the chicken or the pig?

by: Stephen Hurley

EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices

Changing Our Minds About Innovation in Education

by: Stephen Hurley

Opinion, Promising Practices

So What’s On Your Summer Reading List?

by: Stephen Hurley

Assessment, Opinion, Pathways, Teaching

Poisonous Praise

Re-thinking comments to encourage learning rather than the status quo

by: Brooke Moore

Equity, Leadership, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

Teacher Compensation in Canada I

Is there merit in looking at another model?

by: Stephen Hurley

Opinion

The school of your dreams

by: Holly Bennett

Curriculum, Leadership, Opinion, Teaching

Reminder: Teaching is a Soulful Experience that Transforms Kids

Facilitating teacher focus groups across the country revealed teachers’ profound sense of humility for the enormous impact they have on young people’s lives

by: Ron Canuel

Engagement, Equity, Opinion, School Community, Teaching

Pssst… Have I got a program for you

Exploring an ironic twist

by: Stephen Hurley

Indigenous Learning, Opinion

A Shared History, Present and Future

An Aboriginal Blessing Ceremony at West Bay Elementary

by: Brooke Moore

Assessment, Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices, Teaching

One One Condition: Time is of the Essence

Happy Birthday to You—Perhaps!

by: Stephen Hurley

Engagement, Opinion, Teaching

What Leads to Engagement?

by: Bruce Beairsto

Opinion, Teaching

Teaching is a ‘Way of Being’ – Part 1

Developing Expert Teachers vs. Experienced Nonexperts

by: Peter Skillen

Assessment, Diversity, EdCan Network, Equity, Opinion

Investing in human development

If you were to design a place and program to nurture the fullest development of children, would it be like a school? My answer is invariably ‘no’.

by: Penny Milton