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Supporting Teachers New to Inquiry-Based Learning

The shift to inquiry-based learning can present significant challenges. How can teachers best be supported through that transition?

Alicia Jager - June 10, 2026

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Book Lists

Retirement Travel: 15+ Places to Visit After You Leave the Classroom

Retirement brings something many people rarely have—time to travel. We’ve gathered a selection of new and soon-to-be-released travel guides to help you choose your latest getaway.

Mental Health and Well-Being

Mental Health and Student Attendance: The Intervention Hiding in Plain Sight

A punitive response to a late or absent student, the recorded tardy, the “you’re late again,” doesn’t just fail to help. It adds to the weight a struggling student is already carrying.

Diversity

In Times of Extreme Political Polarization, Here’s How Teachers Can Support the Most Vulnerable Students

Over the past year, our most vulnerable students across the U.S. have been under attack. While the current administration systematically dismantles the Department of Education, these students still show up at school every day.

Technology

How Technology Helped Our School Turn Values into Classroom Practices

It’s one thing to write values on a piece of construction paper and hang it in the front office. It’s another to embed those values into how students learn, interact, and take ownership in the classroom.

Opinion

Grading Attendance Fails Young Caregivers

There are over a million young caregivers in Canada, and newly proposed legislation could make the educational journeys of these students worse.

Canadian Studies

Murdoch is Cracking the Case on Student Engagement

Murdoch in the Classroom offers a fresh, distinctly Canadian way to bring story-led, curriculum-connected learning into the classroom.

Reading and Literacy

Why Non-Traditional Formats Count as Real Reading

When we start drawing hard lines around what “real” reading looks like, we lose sight of what actually helps kids become readers in the first place.

What Educators Can Learn from Philadelphia’s Top-Rated Early Education Program

The Greater Philadelphia YMCA offers a comprehensive range of early childhood education programs tailored for children from infancy to preschool.

Classroom Perspectives

How Slam Poetry Transforms the FSL Classroom

My FSL classroom is rarely quiet. There’s laughter, music, performance, and sometimes a bit of chaos, but it’s the productive kind. On poetry unit days, students sit congregated in groups, and they transform the space into a “scène de slam.”

Education News

From Commitment to Classrooms: Advancing Refugee Education

June 15, 2026 0

UNHCR–TECNO global partnership supports high impact education initiatives for refugee children and youth in East Africa.

Education News

Kids Write 4 Kids Creative Writing Contest Celebrates Young Authors Across Canada

June 12, 2026 0

Two Grade 6 writers earn publication; expert judges praise the creativity, craft, and heart of a record number of student storytellers.

Education News

ReadBright Literacy Tools Earn Bronze Efficacy Certification from EduEvidence

June 5, 2026 0

This independent certification recognizes that ReadBright aligns with the Science of Reading and meets rigorous standards for evidence-based instructional design.

Education News

Teaching Children to Be Better, More Critical Internet Users

May 22, 2026 0

McGill researchers designed and then tested a program that was shown to improve elementary students’ digital literacy skills.

Education News

Common Sense Media Launches Youth AI Safety Institute

May 11, 2026 0

The first-of-its-kind AI safety lab focused on children will independently test AI products, broadly publish the results, and set clear standards to protect the safety, health, and development of a generation growing up with AI.

Classroom Perspectives

The Language of Empowerment: Engaging ELL Students with the Charter

November 1, 2022 0

By engaging critically with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, newcomer students develop more than just a broader vocabulary or sharper analysis skills.

Scripted, Not Silenced: Finding Freedom Within the Frame

November 26, 2025 0

We don’t have to choose between structure and creativity. The best teaching lives in the in-between, where we follow a script, but we fill it with our stories, our students’ voices, and our classroom rhythms.

The Value of Accessing Professional Development in Your First Years of Teaching

September 17, 2025 0

After my first week of being in a long-term occasional role, it became very clear to me that learning about being in the classroom is not the same as actually being in the classroom.

Using Urban Legends to Engage Struggling Readers

September 1, 2019 0

After teaching high school reading intervention courses for many years, I know that starting with a novel is a mistake—it’s too long. Instead, I use urban legends.

6 Steps for Remembering Students’ Names in Less than a Week

August 21, 2024 0

Over the years, I’ve developed the following steps to help myself remember the names of my students. These tips can be used by any type of teacher at any grade level.

Éy Swáyel! Welcoming Indigenous Pedagogy as a Canadian Educator

January 1, 2022 0

As an educator in Canada, whose homeland has been inhabited by Indigenous peoples long before me, I have the opportunity and responsibility to teach this history to my students.

Discover Your Teaching Style: Are You More Like a Cat or Dog?

June 2, 2015 0

I recently observed a high school science lesson that left me feeling like I had just swished some super-minty Listerine. I was refreshed. I was inspired…so much so, in fact, that I built and entire upcoming PD session around my takeaway from this lesson. I will return to this in just a moment.

Starting a School Rubik’s Cube Club

May 1, 2020 0

Are you interested in improving student engagement with your ELL students? Here’s an idea that I tried at my elementary school that was both fun and successful—a Rubik’s Cube club.

Taking Centre Stage: The Many Roles of Contemporary ELA Teachers

December 4, 2023 0

To succeed in the ELA classrooms of today, teachers must possess the ability to go way beyond subject area knowledge.

Book Lists

Juneteenth Reading List: 9 Books for Kids and Teens

Kelsey McCallum -

These recently-released books can help students learn more about the history of Juneteenth and the lived realities of Black people in America, both past and present.

10 Books That Celebrate Queer Voices

Kelsey McCallum -

As LGBTQ+ rights are increasingly targeted around the world, there’s never been a more crucial time to uplift and celebrate queer stories.

10 Books to Read for National Indigenous History Month

Kelsey McCallum -

Reflect on the history, diversity, and strengths of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples during National Indigenous History Month with the help of these books.

Indigenous Education

Preparing for a Changing World: Climate Resilience in Schools

Krystal Kavita Jagoo - 0

It is important to consider how schools are responding to climate change not just in the classroom, but on a practical level as well.

Adding Truth to Teaching: The Power of Indigenous Storytelling

Willie Poll - 0

Bringing diverse stories into your classroom shouldn’t be a debate. These stories add truth to your teaching, and there is so much to be learned from someone’s truth.

A Truth and Reconciliation Reading List: 10 Books for K–12 Students

Nupur Bagoria - 0

To help you generate meaningful discussions for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we’ve compiled a list of books about Indigenous history, culture, and resilience.

Is It Time to Update the Citizenship Test?

Kelly Boutsalis - 0

For many newcomers to Canada, their first impression of the First Peoples of Canada often comes in the form of an outdated study guide for the citizenship test.

Expressive Writing on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

Lex Talamo - 0

My students needed to experience success. And they needed to see that their writing could impact a broader audience than the one held captive each day in their classroom.

The Land Beneath My Feet

Drew Hayden Taylor - 0

I am from a place called Curve Lake First Nation. It’s located deep in the nether regions of the Kawartha Lakes area in Ontario. In some ways, my home is an odd place.

Classroom Perspectives

Exploring Indigenous Culture Through the Senses: A Transformative Learning Experience

At McKenzie Towne School in Alberta, students are learning through touch, scent, and sound with the Indigenous Sensory Box Project.

LGBTQ+

“Try to Lay Low”: Growing Up Gay Pre-1969 Canada

It isn’t easy to teach the history of homosexuality in Canada. We interviewed three gay men who were there and remember what it was like growing up before Decriminalization.

Recognizing Same-Sex Couples: Bill C-23, Explained

Bill C-23, titled the Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act, was a landmark moment in Canada’s history.

The Inclusivity Challenge: Is Canada a Just Society?

In my Grade 10 Canadian History course, students explore LGBTQ+ history the same way they explore the stories of many different Canadians in the context of our history.

Breaking Boundaries: Women’s Lives In and Out of the Closet

By removing the phrase “male person” from the crime of gross indecency in 1954, the Canadian government declared sex between women a crime.

Before Marriage Equality: The Fight for Benefits and Belonging

Twenty-five years after the Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act, three central figures reflect on the legal and personal struggles that paved the way for LGBTQIA2S+ rights, freedoms, and equality in Canada.

Safe Haven: The Journey of LGBTQ+ Refugees in Canada

The persistence of violence against LGBTQ+ people in countries where homosexuality is legal remains worrisome and creates a refugee situation that is not that easy to prove.

Changing the Everyday Lives of the LGBTQIA2S+ Community

For LGBTQIA2S+ Canadians, the Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act has meant a complete shift from legal exclusion to inclusion.

Teaching Kids About Pride

I started my teaching career at a public middle school in Toronto about two decades ago. At that time, I was not comfortable being personally out to my students.

Addressing LGBTQ+ Bullying in Your School

Almost two million LGBTQ+ teenagers consider suicide each year. Does this statistic scare you? If not, it should.

Assessment & Evaluation

When Plagiarism Meets Policy: How an Academic Dishonesty Case Taught Me an Important Lesson

Feon Chau -

During my time as a program coordinator, I learned a lesson that has stuck with me ever since: school values don’t collapse in one dramatic moment, but rather erode one decision at a time.

Reframing Student Data for Growth

Dr. Yuvraj Verma and Rachel Campbell -

A growth mindset is the belief that abilities grow through effort and persistence. This mindset shapes how we view data.

Beyond Grades: Empowering Student Learning Through Self-Assessment

Beatriz Ramos Jiménez -

What if the problem isn’t just how students respond to feedback, but how we deliver it? What if, instead of handing out scores, we gave students the opportunity—and the space—to reflect on their learning?

Black Voices

Social Dynamics and Black Culture: How to Effectively Reach and Teach Black Students

In my role as a Black counselor in an educational setting, I am tasked with the unspoken responsibility of “handling” Black children.

“Why Are All the Black Kids in the Hall?”

Jamelle Newsome - 0

In a school made up of just 10% African American students, after the bell rang, more than half of the students still in the halls were African American. This made me wonder if Black kids are allowed to roam the halls all over America’s urban landscape.

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