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Assessment, OpinionThe Facts on Education

How does parent involvement in education affect children’s learning?

by: Lucy Le Mare

Assessment, Curriculum, Leadership, OpinionThe Facts on Education

What is the Value of Standardized Testing?

by: Valerie Campbell

Engagement, Opinion, TeachingThe Facts on Education

Is Inquiry-Based Learning Effective?

by: John Nesbit, Liu Qing

Engagement, Opinion, Policy, School CommunityThe Facts on Education

How Effective is Sex Education?

by: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Opinion, Policy, Promising Practices, TeachingThe Facts on Education

How do split-grade classrooms affect learning?

When split-grade classrooms are carefully implemented to support differentiated teaching and include appropriate professional development, as well as curricular and planning resources for teachers, the learning experiences for students in these classes are positive.

by: Daniel A. Laitsch, Ph.D.

EdTech & Design, Opinion, TeachingEdwire

The Growth Mindset

Carol Dweck’s Learning Theory and its Canadian Mutation

by: Paul W. Bennett

Engagement, Opinion, TeachingEdwire

What is a Teacher’s Expertise?

by: Bruce Beairsto

EdTech & Design, Opinion, TeachingEdwire

Developing Teacher Candidates in a Networked World

It’s no longer enough for faculties of education to deliver static, technical courses on the methods of teaching

by: Dr. Alec Couros, Katia Hildebrandt

Engagement, Indigenous Learning, Opinion, School Community, TeachingThe Facts on Education

How can we create conditions for Aboriginal student success in our public schools?

by: Valerie Campbell

OpinionEdwire

Back to the Future…For Real!

These school design considerations mean that optimal learning spaces are no longer a distant dream.

by: Ben Gilpin

Opinion, Research, School Community, TeachingEdwire

A Design-Based Approach To Teachers’ Professional Learning

Through a design-based, iterative learning process, classroom teachers gain practical knowledge of “know-how” and “know-why”

by: Dr. Sharon Friesen, Dr. Michele Jacobsen

Equity, Opinion, Policy, Promising PracticesEdwire

What are the levers for more equitable school systems

Making the margins our central focus

by: Stephen Hurley

OpinionEdwire

Student Violence, Bullying and Sexual Assault

Why Schools Are Falling Short

by: Paul W. Bennett

Assessment, Opinion, TeachingEdwire

Effective Student Learning Depends on Effective Teacher Learning

Continually investing in professional learning for Canada’s teachers is absolutely critical to student success

by: Bernie Froese-Germain

Assessment, Equity, Indigenous Learning, Opinion, PolicyEdwire

The Indian Act – Three Simples Pages Say it All!

There’s a price to be paid – both socially and economically – if we all fail to address and correct the educational inequities between students in our First Nations communities and those in mainstream Canada

by: James Wilson

Opinion, Well-beingEdwire

What is Student Anxiety?

by: Louise Moreau

Leadership, Opinion, Teaching, Well-beingEdwire

Student Anxiety – What Can Teachers Do?

by: Louise Moreau

Engagement, Opinion, Pathways, School Community, TeachingThe Facts on Education

How Can We Prevent High School Dropouts?

by: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Assessment, Opinion, Teaching, Well-beingEdwire

What is Child and Youth Mental Health?

by: Lynette Eulette