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

by: Stephen Hurley

Assessment, Teaching Magazine

Is our focus on assessment taking away from our children’s education?

Redefining the cart and the horse in public schooling

by: Stephen Hurley

Assessment, Leadership, Opinion, Promising Practices Edwire

Come and sit beside me and I’ll tell you what I think!

The importance of proximity in our approach to assessment

by: Stephen Hurley

Assessment, Equity, Indigenous Learning, Opinion Edwire

Cdn EdWire – First Nations Schooling Inequities, PCAP Fallout, and Ongoing Bullying Dilemma

Over the last month, the education media have highlighted some serious issues and shortcomings in our public education systems, while shedding some light on what innovation looks like in the classroom.

by: Max Cooke

Assessment, Equity, Opinion, Policy, Promising Practices Edwire

When is falling behind not inevitable, but unacceptable?

by: Lisa Wolff

Assessment, Equity, Opinion, Policy Edwire

On Being Poor at School: Esoteric Hope?

Why does socioeconomic status fall off the practice and policy table of inclusion so readily when it is the most pervasive form of inequity?

by: Dr. Kate Tilleczek

Assessment, EdTech & Design, Equity, Opinion Edwire

Ways and Means

Income inequality most assuredly goes to the heart of the equity-in-education issue

by: Peter H. Hennessy

Assessment, Engagement, Equity, Opinion, Policy Edwire

PCAP 2010 – Are we asking the right questions?

PCAP, just like PISA, doesn’t take approaches to learning, student engagement, and teaching environments into account in comparing provinces.

by: Ron Canuel

Assessment, Equity, Indigenous Learning, Opinion, Policy Edwire

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

Assessment, EdCan Network, EdTech & Design, Equity, Opinion, Policy Edwire

Restoring Our Schools: The Quest for Equity in the United States

Why the gap between the U.S. and high-achieving nations like Canada is growing

by: Linda Darling-Hammond

Assessment, Diversity, EdCan Network, Equity, Opinion Edwire

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

Assessment, Equity, Opinion, Policy Edwire

The time is Now: Excellence and Equity for All

Realizing the Promise of Diversity: Ontario’s Equity and Inclusive Education Strategy

by: Avis Glaze

Assessment, Equity, Opinion, Policy Edwire

Equity: After the Poetry Comes the Prose

by: Bruce Beairsto

Assessment, Equity, Opinion, Policy Edwire

Equity in education is not rocket science

It’s about creating multiple pathways of learning within a framework of equity and reduce the number high school students who fail to graduate and are adrift in the ‘Mc-job’ market

by: Peter H. Hennessy