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Equity, Leadership, Opinion, Promising Practices, School CommunityEdwire

Cdn EdWire: With Students Back in Classrooms, Education Media Kicks into High Gear

A barrage of quality coverage on classrooms, teaching, and equity issues compete for space alongside updates on the B.C. teacher labour dispute and education policy promises from the Ontario campaign trail.

by: Max Cooke

Curriculum, EdTech & Design, Leadership, Opinion, School CommunityEdwire

Hockey Riots and Public Education

by: Bruce Beairsto

Leadership, Opinion, School CommunityEdwire

Canadian EdWire – The back-to-school media crush begins

Advice on curbing back-to-school anxiety, homework meltdowns, and paying for school essentials, except in B.C., where a high-stakes labour dispute is ready to unfold.

by: Max Cooke

Assessment, Diversity, Leadership, Opinion, School Community, TeachingEdwire

Canadian Education Wire – Effects of Ministerial Belt Tightening Felt by Current and Would-be Teachers

A busy week of education media focusing on the fallout from Ministerial education budget cuts in several provinces, a case for year round schooling, and language learning in Nunavut.

by: Max Cooke

Engagement, Leadership, Opinion, Policy, School CommunityEdwire

Canadian Education Wire – School Boards Grapple with Anti-Homophobia Policies

Education media uncovers rising tension facing Catholic schools that are directed by Ministries to help schools fight homophobia while seeking to uphold the Vatican’s stand against gay sex.

by: Max Cooke

Assessment, Leadership, Opinion, School CommunityEdwire

Canadian Education Wire – Thinking About a New Way to Rate School Performance

Great Schools Project aims to give parents clearer answer than implied by Fraser Institute rankings

by: Max Cooke

Curriculum, Leadership, Opinion, Promising Practices, School CommunityEdwire

Isolating public education from the shifting winds of politics

The Education Reform Movement

by: Peter H. Hennessy

Equity, Leadership, Opinion, Promising Practices, TeachingEdwire

Teacher Compensation in Canada I

Is there merit in looking at another model?

by: Stephen Hurley

Leadership, Opinion, Promising Practices, TeachingEdwire

Good to Great? Who Knew?

The McKinsey Report on Successful School Systems

by: Stephen Hurley

Leadership, Opinion, TeachingEdwire

Teacher Merit Pay in Canada

Getting What We Pay For

by: Stephen Hurley

Assessment, Leadership, Opinion, Promising Practices, TeachingEdwire

Merit Pay for Canadian Teachers

Is it worth a look?

by: Stephen Hurley

Engagement, Leadership, Policy, School Community

Research Use and Its Impact in Secondary Schools

Exploring Knowledge Mobilization in Education

by: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, EdCan Network

Engagement, Leadership, Policy, School Community

Research Use and Its Impact in Secondary Schools: Exploring Knowledge Mobilization in Education – Executive Summary

by: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, EdCan Network

Assessment, Leadership, Opinion, Promising Practices, TeachingEdwire

Improving Assessment and Reporting with Performance Standards

by: Bruce Beairsto

Assessment, Leadership, Opinion, Promising Practices, TeachingEdwire

Up With Reporting

by: Bruce Beairsto

Assessment, Leadership, Opinion, Promising Practices, TeachingEdwire

Down With Letter Grades

by: Bruce Beairsto

Assessment, Leadership, Opinion, Promising PracticesEdwire

Think Twice, Measure Once

by: Bruce Beairsto