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Big class compensation coming Steffenhagen, J. Vancouver Sun (3 April 2012) According to new regulations in British Columbia, “teachers who have more than 30 students in their classes next year may...
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Students: Help chart the future of B.C. education British Columbia’s Ministry of Education (30 March 2012) The newly launched EdChat program “offers an informal way for small groups of students to...
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Response: Factors Behind The Success Of Ontario’s Schools — Part One and Part Two Ferlazzo, L. Education Week (21 May 2012 & 22 May 2012) What’s going on in Ontario’s schools? Part One contains...
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Middle schools too disruptive for weak students, studies show Brown, L. The Star (10 June 2012) The Toronto District School Board has decided to eliminate middle (sixth through eighth grade) and...
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Harper government’s First Nations education plans collapse The Canadian Press (October 4, 2012) With graduation rates below 50 percent, Ottawa and the Assembly of First Nations hoped to see a...
View ArticleTeacher autonomy in South Korea and around the world
Teacher autonomy – which refers to teachers’ ability to develop their own curriculum and instruction – has sometimes been seen as a way to support teachers’ professionalism. However, in a recent...
View ArticleScanning the education news from the UK and Canada
Our latest scan of education news in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Wales, and Canada, shows considerable attention to teachers: shortages of teachers in Scotland and...
View ArticleMy View from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Trista Hollweck on School Closures and...
This week IEN features an e-mail interview with Dr. Trista Hollweck, (@tristateach) Project Director of the ARC Education Project & Part-Time Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University...
View ArticleReflections on the Evolution of Educational Change: Lead the Change Interview...
Carol Campbell looks back on the evolution of work on educational change since her last Lead the Change interview in 2014 Continue reading →
View ArticleHow to ruin a world-class education system
This week post comes from Andy Hargreaves and Michael Fullan. Hargreavesis director of CHENINE (Change, Engagement & Innovation in Education) at the University of Ottawa. Fullan OC is professor...
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