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EdTech & Design, Equity, Opinion, Promising PracticesEdwire

Stop the Madness of Blindly Dumping Technology into Classrooms

Beyond the shiny tools, it takes courageous leadership and solid planning to provoke the deep meaningful change that we want for our students.

by: Ron Canuel

Engagement, Equity, Opinion, Policy, School CommunityEdwire

Cdn EdWire: “Respecting Differences Clubs” = Gay-Straight Alliances

Ontario’s Catholic school system struggles to implement Ministry-imposed policies to fight homophobia.

by: Max Cooke

Assessment, Equity, Indigenous Learning, OpinionEdwire

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

Engagement, Equity, Opinion, PolicyEdwire

No equity without inclusion, solidarity…and data!

by: Christa Freiler

Assessment, Equity, Opinion, Policy, Promising PracticesEdwire

When is falling behind not inevitable, but unacceptable?

by: Lisa Wolff

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

Equity, Opinion, Policy, School CommunityEdwire

Are We Star Gazing? Can Canadian Schools Really be Equitable and Inclusive?

Leadership is the issue. It’s not the students and not the teachers. They can handle the challenges of “inclusive education”.

by: Gordon Porter

Assessment, Equity, Opinion, PolicyEdwire

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, OpinionEdwire

Ways and Means

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

by: Peter H. Hennessy

Equity, Opinion, School CommunityEdwire

Schools & Communities: A Partnership for Equity

Ensuring an equitable education for all our youth means that we need to change the way schools and the community view education, how it is delivered and who is responsible.

by: 4 moms 1 dream

Assessment, Engagement, Equity, Opinion, PolicyEdwire

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