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Opinion, Pathways, Policy, TeachingEdwire

Getting No Respect: Teacher Education Programs

by: John J C Myers

Opinion, Pathways, Promising PracticesEdwire

In Praise of New Year’s Resolutions

by: Bruce Beairsto

Diversity, Leadership, Opinion, School CommunityEdwire

Cdn EdWire – A New Year’s Hodge-Podge of Contentious Education Issues Fill the Dailies

An Alberta school reform plan, the launch of Toronto boutique schools, cutting New Brunswick school board, and the cost of minority language education are lightning rods for debate among stakeholders and the public.

by: Max Cooke

EdCan Network, EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices, School CommunityEdwire

We Must Help Education Grow Forwards

Developing interconnected learning communities will be more helpful than mandating change

by: Janet Lauman

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, Engagement, Leadership, OpinionEdwire

Motivation and Mastery – The Problem with Grand Goals

by: Bruce Beairsto

EdTech & Design, Engagement, Opinion, TeachingEdwire

Classroom Innovation Means Giving Up Control

The essence of what drives innovation begins with what kids want to learn.

by: Donna Miller Fry

EdCan Network, EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices, School CommunityEdwire

Brave Educators Possess an Inquisitive Nature to Pursue Change

We must provide guidance and reassurance to those who are ‘sticking their necks out’

by: Colleen Rose

EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices, School Community, TeachingEdwire

Prevent Teacher ‘YouTubing’ by Giving Students More Freedom to Learn

Banning student smartphones denies them the chance to learn communication, collaboration, and creation.

by: Alanna King

EdTech & Design, Equity, Opinion, PolicyEdwire

Putting a Sustained Focus on Equity in Education

CEA’s Focus on Equity Campaign will share diverse perspectives to advance our thinking on the challenge of ensuring that all learners have equitable opportunities

by: Max Cooke

Equity, Leadership, Opinion, School CommunityEdwire

Cdn EdWire – French Immersion Program Review in New Brunswick – Part Deux

Angst-filled consultation awaits a province still bruised by the great 2008 immersion debate. For some, the upcoming task force headed by two former education ministers comes too little too late.

by: Max Cooke

Equity, Opinion, Policy, School CommunityEdwire

Building a Better Sense of the Equity Picture

Equity Information Resources from the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE)

by: Barbara McKenna

Assessment, OpinionEdwire

Physical reactions to “no marks” announcement

Marks encourage institutional engagement – not connected to learning

by: Brooke Moore

Curriculum, Engagement, Opinion, Policy, Promising Practices, School CommunityEdwire

The Education Reform Movement (Part 2)

Running the Obstacle Course

by: Peter H. Hennessy

EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising PracticesEdwire

A Modest Proposal – Let’s Flip the Class

by: Bruce Beairsto

Assessment, Engagement, Leadership, OpinionEdwire

Motivation and Mastery – The Problem with Deferred Data

by: Bruce Beairsto

EdCan Network, EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising PracticesEdwire

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

by: Max Cooke

EdTech & Design, Opinion, Promising Practices, School CommunityEdwire

Capturing Canadians’ Views on Change in Education

Results from the 2012 CEA Attitudes Towards Public Education Survey

by: Max Cooke

Equity, Leadership, Opinion, School CommunityEdwire

“Hello Equity, we’d like to introduce you to Accountability”

If real change and equity are the goal, we must treat education in a similar way to how we treat medicine

by: Jeff Kugler

EdTech & Design, Engagement, Opinion, Promising Practices, School CommunityEdwire

TedXWilfrid-Bastien

Sharing innovative ideas in addressing the important question of the transition to a 21st century pedagogy.

by: Pierre Poulin