Mandatory high school e-learning has become a point of contention in Ontario. The provincial government currently says it will implement two mandatory high school e-learning courses — down from an initial proposal to make it compulsory that students take four out of 30 high school courses online. This change happened after the government faced strong resistance from teachers, and negative responses…
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Sharp-Leadenhall Elementary School “I really want people to know that just because our school has a lot of kids with behavior problems doesn’t mean it’s a bad school,” a fifth-grader whom I’ll call Carl told me. “If you’re as smart as me,” he continued, “you’ll realize that if it’s a behavior school then it’s actually a great school. Because not a lot of schools can handle kids with behavior…
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Mar 5, 2020 The 2010s were the decade for technology to fundamentally change education. Two years before the decade’s dawn, Clayton Christensen, Michael B. Horn and Curtis Johnson predicted in their book Disrupting Class that online learning would revolutionize teacher-led instruction and catalyze a student-centered transformation in US K–12 schools. As the decade began, enthusiasm for ed tech seemed…
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2020 SUMMER INSTITUTES | SNEAK PEAK Looking to expand your knowledge as an educator this summer? Don't miss our Summer Institutes – short, intensive courses in a variety of specialized subject areas, developed based on the needs of teachers and changes in the educational landscape. View our entire selection of institutes, and find one that's right for you! Summer…
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Across Canada, issues related to education are regularly making headlines. Ontario teachers have been on rotating strikes, B.C. teachers have been without a contract since last June and both Manitoba and Alberta are reviewing their education systems. In our research, we are examining the language, stories and messages that are being generated by governments, the media and the public at large about…
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