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Leadership, Opinion, Policy, School Community, TeachingEdwire

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

Curriculum, Engagement, Opinion, TeachingEdwire

Teaching and Type Two Ignorance

They don't know what they don't know

by: Bruce Beairsto

Curriculum, EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices, TeachingEdwire

A Co-Planning/Co-Teaching Approach to Instructional Practice

Breaking Down the Walls of Classrooms Across the District

by: Stephen Hurley

Leadership, Opinion, School CommunityEdwire

Cdn EdWire – The Impact of Funding Shortfalls Felt in Saskatchewan Schools

Education media details the fallout from a national belt-tightening trend as school boards struggle to balance the books

by: Max Cooke

Curriculum, Diversity, EdTech & Design, Engagement, Opinion, School CommunityEdwire

Democratic Deliberation – A Basic Skill for the Future

by: Bruce Beairsto

Opinion, TeachingEdwire

Aboriginal Education

Our moral imperative to teach our shared Canadian history

by: Brooke Moore

Assessment, Opinion, Pathways, TeachingEdwire

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, Opinion, TeachingEdwire

Professionals Don’t Use Marks to Motivate

by: Bruce Beairsto

EdTech & Design, Engagement, OpinionEdwire

What Students Say About Inquiry

English 8 students reflect on inquiry-based learning

by: Brooke Moore

Opinion, Policy, ResearchEdwire

Cdn EdWire – Gay-Straight Alliances in Catholic Schools Debate Heats Up in Ontario

It’s Catholic values vs. the use of the word “gay” for student anti-homophobia clubs while a proposed anti-bullying law gets caught in the crosshairs.

by: Max Cooke

Assessment, Engagement, Leadership, Opinion, TeachingEdwire

Motivation and Mastery – Listening to Student Voices

by: Bruce Beairsto

EdTech & Design, Opinion, TeachingEdwire

Learning through Inquiry

What I learned during my students' inquiry

by: Brooke Moore

Assessment, EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising PracticesEdwire

Setting the End of the Year Awards Table

Has Your Guest List Changed Over the Years?

by: Stephen Hurley

Opinion, TeachingEdwire

Lunch and Learn

Professional conversations over soup

by: Brooke Moore

Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices, TeachingEdwire

If It’s Good Enough For Our Early Learners…

Informal Learning Across the Ages

by: Stephen Hurley

Leadership, Opinion, PolicyEdwire

Cdn EdWire – Inclusion and cyberbullying debated in the Maritimes

From inclusion programs in New Brunswick referred to as ‘extreme’ to contentious school closures and new cyberbulling laws in Nova Scotia, there’s lots of education news from the East Coast.

by: Max Cooke

Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices, TeachingEdwire

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

by: Stephen Hurley

Assessment, Engagement, Opinion, TeachingEdwire

Increasing Student Learning

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

by: Lori Cullen

EdTech & Design, Engagement, Opinion, Promising PracticesEdwire

Quality Music Education: Never Say Never

Why We May Be Missing the Obvious Connection

by: Stephen Hurley

EdCan Network, EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising PracticesEdwire

Twitter and Canadian Education – The danger, and benefits, to developing Top 10 lists

by: Max Cooke