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Classroom Perspectives

“I Don’t Like You”: The Moment That Shaped My Teaching Journey

The child stepped closer and closer until she paused just two feet away, locking eyes with me. “I don’t like you,” she declared, then kicked me in the leg and casually strolled back to the playground.
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Canadian Studies

Free Resources from Canada’s Parliament

To support educators, the Parliament of Canada offers free, bilingual, and classroom-ready resources that can help kickstart conversations about democracy and government.
Classroom Perspectives

The Most Powerful Reading Tool? Passion

Here’s how a student’s plea to save the bees helped me become a better reading teacher.
Fundraising

How Schools Can Lead Community Fundraising Initiatives

As a teacher or school administrator, you’re shaping future citizens who understand empathy, collaboration, and civic responsibility. Community fundraising initiatives offer a powerful way to do all three at once.
Mental Health and Well-being

Empowering Learners Starts Within: The Key to Unlocking Their Full Potential

When we prioritize emotional health, we don’t just teach students—we empower them to lead, to dream, and to thrive.
Opinion

Professional Learning in 2026: Balancing Innovation, Coherence, and Teacher Voice

The traditional model of mandated, one‑size‑fits‑all workshops is giving way to professional learning that is more responsive, curriculum-aligned, and customized to each educator’s experience and goals.
Research

Absenteeism Is Predictable. We Must Learn to Read the Patterns.

Absenteeism is predictable. The signs are there. You just need to know how to read them.
Education News

Why Eighth-Grade Algebra Access Matters

Access to eighth-grade algebra is far from equal. Many students never get the chance to take it before high school, even when they’re ready.
Science

Sparking Curiosity: How to Transform STEM Learning in Your Classroom

What if getting students interested in STEM doesn’t require different assessments or an entirely new curriculum? What if the real shift comes from rethinking how we invite students to experience STEM in the first place?
Careers and Guidance

What Impact Is AI Having on the College Search Process?

AI is powerful when it can help students access information and make better choices, however, it can also be problematic.

Education News

Education News

Sustainable Professional Wear for Teachers

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Teachers make hundreds of decisions every day. Yet one of the earliest decisions happens quietly at home each morning: What am I going to wear today?
Education News

Key Forces Shaping K–12 Learning in 2026

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The annual report identifies the top challenges schools must overcome, trends driving innovation, and tools transforming teaching and learning this year.
Education News

Indoor Air Quality Policies to Make Schools Healthier and More Energy Efficient

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In “A Win-Win for Lung Health,” the American Lung Association outlines ten recommendations to improve energy efficiency and ensure healthy indoor air quality.
American Studies

Connecticut State Department of Education Launches New Music-Infused High School Humanities Course

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Developed in partnership with TeachRock, the classroom-ready “Course in a Box” An American History of Rock and Soul offers districts an arts-integrated model course aligned to state standards.
Education News

Social Media, Identity, and Power in the Digital Age: Youth-Led Conference on March 22

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This free virtual event for Grades 8–12 will explore how social media influences identity, power, culture, entrepreneurship, and digital well-being.

Classroom Perspectives

Accepting My Stutter Made Me a Better Teacher

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Stuttering is a hidden disability that affects up to 9% of children, meaning it's likely that many teachers will encounter a student with this speech impediment in their classroom.

Teaching the Real Purpose of Writing

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In English classes, which require students to sit and read or write for extended periods of time, it can be challenging to get them to want to do their work.

Serenity, A Personal Essay on Standardized Testing

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“I went into teaching so that I could help children perform well on standardized testing,” said no teacher, ever.

Percy Jackson in the Classroom: A New Approach to the Novel Study

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After teaching ELA for over a decade, I'd come to loathe the novel study. But my opinion changed when I found the Percy Jackson series.

Flipping the Script: Using Comics and Creative Play to Boost ESL Confidence

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On paper, the students I was teaching had a solid grasp of grammar, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. Yet, when it came to speaking, they froze.

In the Halls of Justice: The Educational Value of Moot Court

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“May it please the court.” For the past 13 years, I’ve heard middle and high school students utter these words in a simulated moot court competition.

Paths to Success: Practicing Hope Theory in the Classroom

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Throughout the decade I have spent working in education, I’ve seen the most positive impact when I’ve incorporated hope-based strategies into my teaching.

Movement in the Classroom

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After teaching at an alternative middle school for the past 4 years, the one thing I constantly hear from new students is: “We can move around in your room and not get in trouble?

Things I Learned in Teacher’s College

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Your time at school will be essential to your teaching life. From my personal experience, I believe the most important part of your teaching program is to do well in your practicum placement.
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Women’s History Month

One Small Step: Women’s Rights and the Citizenship Act

Lynn Greiner -
The issue of gender equality in Canada isn’t new. Women have been fighting for their rights since well before Canada was a country.
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Girl Power! 12 Inspiring Books for International Women’s Day

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Girl power isn’t just a slogan. It lives in in the stories of women who challenged barriers, raised their voices, and reshaped the world—and in the girls continuing that work today.
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Breaking Boundaries: Women’s Lives In and Out of the Closet

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

Exploring Indigenous Culture Through the Senses: A Transformative Learning Experience

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

Adding Truth to Teaching: The Power of Indigenous Storytelling

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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.

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.

Éy Swáyel! Welcoming Indigenous Pedagogy as a Canadian Educator 

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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.

What Is a Treaty?

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Treaties are agreements between Indigenous nations and the government. They provide a potential framework for co-existence on the land that is now called Canada.

Expressive Writing on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

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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.
Canadian Studies

All My Relations: Worldviews of Indigenous Peoples in Canada

Over the past 15 years, I’ve had many discussions about what it means to be Anishinaabe. I’ve talked to my relatives across Treaty 3 and beyond.

Music

5 Music Apps for Kids

Music is a meaningful component of children’s development. Here are a few apps that can help incorporate more music into kids' day-to-day routines.

The Beat Goes On: The Struggle to Teach Music

Music education leads to improved self-discipline, sense of community, and collaboration, as well as increased academic achievement in other subjects.

5 Virtual Concerts and Music Workshops to Share with Students

These virtual concerts, workshops, and resources are great opportunities to show students all the joys and wonders that music can bring.

Engaging Autistic Students with the Arts

Ask any educator who has welcomed multiple learners with autism into his or her classroom, and you will find there is no set formula for ensuring academic success.

The Power of Music and Melody: Using Songs to Engage Young Learners

By harnessing the power of music, teachers can create a lively and dynamic atmosphere that also improves concentration, focus, and retention.

Marching to the Beat of Their Own Drum: The Magic of High School Bands 

TEACH Magazine talked to leaders at some of the top marching band schools in the U.S., to get a sense of why band matters and what it takes to run a successful program.

Key Lessons We Can Learn from High School Musicals

Musicals form an important part of the arts, serving as powerful resources for student learning, engagement, and motivation.

Jazzing Up History Class

Educators teaching history may find guidance in the genius of Miles Davis’ advice to musicians, “Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there.”

Using Music to Teach Democracy

Targeted at students aged 6–14, project MELODY is building a cross-curricular methodology that integrates music with citizenship education.

Alternative Education

Teaching Kids to Read: Modern Approaches vs. Montessori Method

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At first glance, the Montessori method and the Science of Reading appear to be opposing philosophies. But if you look closer, they are in fact surprisingly similar.
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Intergenerational Learning: A Way for Everyone to Shine

Martha Beach -
For the past nine years, Grade 6 students in Saskatoon, SK, have applied for a coveted program that sees them learning and growing with elders on a daily basis.
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Finnish Education Design: How to Bring Joy to Learning

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From shorter school days to an increased amount of teacher autonomy, the Finnish educational system has many innovative strategies to offer.
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LGBTQ+

Canadian Studies

Education for Everyone: 25 Years of Inclusivity

The broader societal impact of the Modernization of Benefit and Obligations Act helped set the stage for changes in education and LGBTQIA2S+ representation in Canadian schools.

Teaching Kids About Pride

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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.

Uncomfortable Truths: What If Santa Claus Was Gay?

Christine L. Cho - 0
There is a world out there for which we are preparing our children, and that world includes people who identify as LGBTQ+.

Safe Haven: The Journey of LGBTQ+ Refugees in Canada

Alex Newman - 0
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.

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

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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.

10 Books That Celebrate Queer Voices

Kelsey McCallum - 0
As LGBTQ+ rights are increasingly targeted around the world, there’s never been a more crucial time to uplift and celebrate queer stories.

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

Nupur Bagoria - 0
Bill C-23, titled the Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act, was a landmark moment in Canada’s history.

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