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Classroom Perspectives

Breaking the Rules: How Giving Students More Choice Transformed My Teaching

When I told my fifth-grade class that they were old enough to take charge of their own learning, something unexpected happened.
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Mental Health and Well-being

4 Simple Strategies to Make Wellness Culture Part of Your School

For students to thrive and schools to achieve their desired outcomes, educator wellness is crucial to the overall health of school communities. Here are some fast, simple, and practical ways that schools can help teachers reduce stress and burnout.
Classroom Perspectives

Celebrating Heritage: A Student-Led Journey Across Cultures

In today’s diverse classrooms, fostering cultural awareness is essential in order to create inclusive and engaging learning environments
Social-Emotional Learning

Building a Listening Culture: A Conversation with Christine Miles

In our discussion with educator, author, and keynote speaker Christine Miles, we explore the often-invisible crisis of listening in education.
Blog

Should Teachers Be Allowed to Strike?

A troubling pattern has begun to emerge. Across Canada, and indeed across much of the Western world, governments are increasingly turning to heavy-handed legislative tools to suppress strikes and silence dissent.
Classroom Perspectives

Leading Our School’s First (and Last) Justice Committee

When my principal asked if I would like to lead our school’s new Justice, Inclusion, and Belonging Committee, I was both surprised and delighted.
Classroom Perspectives

Let Me Tell You a Funny Story… Teaching ESL with Laughs, Not Lectures

In my current role as an ESL teacher, I’ve found that nothing draws students in, holds their attention, and helps them remember quite like a story.
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School Tablet Management: Choosing the Right Storage and Charging System

In K–12 schools, managing dozens or even hundreds of student tablets can present significant logistical challenges. PowerGistics’ innovative systems offer a straightforward way to address these concerns.
Classroom Perspectives

Planting Seeds of Knowledge: Life Lessons from an Educational Farm

Waynesboro Education Farm is an ambitious project. It sits on 1.5 acres of land adjacent to Berkeley Glenn Elementary school in the city of Waynesboro, VA.
Classroom Perspectives

“Why Aren’t We Taught About Investments in School?” Rethinking Financial Education for K–8 Students

I believe it is vital for some form of investment education, along with the other elements of financial literacy, to exist in every school. In every classroom.

Education News

Education News

Getty Announces Landmark Gift for K–12 School Visit Program

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The Mia Chandler Endowment for School Visits will support free transportation for Title I and equivalent schools for student visits to the Getty Center and Getty Villa.
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Severe Weather Disruptions Increasingly Impact U.S. Schools

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In the 2024–25 school year alone, nearly 10,000 schools were forced to temporarily close due to weather-related incidents. These closures and interruptions come at a cost.
Book Lists

New “webugs” Book Series Encourages Kids to Celebrate Differences

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As educators and mothers to young children, we aspire to have our books reflect the important lessons we teach in our classrooms, offices, and homes.
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A New Way to Create Class Lists: Introducing the Sorting Wizard

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The Sorting Wizard is an easy and free-to-use online tool that produces better, faster, and more reliable results for sorting classes than if it was done manually.
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How to Bring STEM to Life with Seasonal 3D Printing Projects

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Every classroom has traditions. Fall decorations. Winter art projects. Science fair displays. These are perfect opportunities to sneak in STEM learning.

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Classroom Perspectives

More than Just Chit-Chat: Teaching Social Studies with Podcasts

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In my classes I use a team-structured, project-based approach to teach history and civics. It’s an approach that covers nearly all the bases.

Keeping Kids Reading During the Age of Remote Learning

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It is my job to motivate and mold my students, to keep them engaged, to build reading and writing confidence in all who enter my virtual classroom.

Packing for Success: How to Establish a Teaching Abroad Experience

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The teacher candidates in our Bachelor of Education program were about to embark not only on a professional journey, but also an actual journey, to teach abroad.

Learning English Is Tough—Now Imagine Doing It with Dyslexia

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How can we create truly inclusive environments that support students with dyslexia in our multilingual classrooms?

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.

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.

The Figurative Language Fashion Show: Where Words Walk the Runway

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Getting kids to write in this day and age, where entertainment is merely a swipe away, can be like asking them to eat their vegetables.

Making Rose Hip Tea from Scratch: A Math Activity

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This collaboration between the Library Learning Commons, a Grade 9 math teacher, and Indigenous Education blossomed into a beautiful place-conscious learning opportunity.

The Value of Diversity: A Poetic Celebration of Asian Heritage Month 

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In honour of Asian American Heritage Month, which is celebrated every May, I tasked the students in my three Asian American Literature classes with a special project.
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Reading Lists

10 Books That Tackle Bullying

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Share these books with your students to spark meaningful conversations about bullying and empower them to stand up for themselves and others.
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15 Books About Space and Astronomy

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From books about the Big Bang to poems about planets, and everything in between, you’re sure to have a blast with these stellar reads.
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10 Mental Health Books to Share with Your Students

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These books offer stories and resources about mental health and well-being, while also shining a spotlight on different mental health conditions.
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Social Media

Tackling Online Bullying in the Real World

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Teachers can’t control what students experience in the digital space. But they can control how they respond when students bring their concerns to them.

The Upside of Social Media: A Focus on Its Positive Potentials

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Kids today are technology-savvy, but they need to be guided in asking the right questions about the content they produce and consume.

Updating the Moccasin Telegraph: Indigenous People Embrace Digital

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Within the classroom, it is important to share content that doesn’t position Indigenous people in the past but brings them into the present and future.

Shaking Up Shakespeare: Digital Tools for Digital Students

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Many students dread reading Shakespeare because they think his works have nothing to do with their 21st century interests.

Making Social Media Work for You

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If teachers want to use social media wisely in the classroom—either by teaching about it, or teaching with it—they’ll need to seriously think about why and how they’re doing so, and help their students do the same.

Restricted Access: Should Phones Be Banned at School?

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Many students use cell phones during class to verify information. But when they use them to check social media or send videos to classmates, it can be frustrating and distracting.
Mental Health and Well-being

How to Avoid the Self-Esteem Trap of Social Media

Social media poses a range of psychological risks, especially issues of body image. But there are practical steps K–12 educators can take to offset those risks.

Science

Growing a Gender-Inclusive Biology Curriculum

Biology is the study of a diverse range of living things, and biology affirms all genders.

4 Apps to Try in the Classroom for Earth Day

With Earth Day quickly approaching, encourage kids to learn more about the environment and nature with these science-based apps.

Growing Minds: How Gardens Are Transforming Schools and Classrooms

Part of creating a great outdoor space is about tailoring curriculum, and part is about landscape design.

5 Field Trips to Get Students Out of the Classroom and Into Nature

Wildlife ecology, habitat analysis, and fossil examination are just of few of the curriculum-linked topics covered in these nature-based field trips.

Explorations in Biology Through Origami, 3D Modeling, and Optical Illusions

Blending art and biology through hands-on paper-folding activities is a fun and unique way to engage students at the elementary level.

7 Flower Farms and Gardens to Visit This Spring

These floriculture-based field trips present a perfect opportunity for children to delve into the marvels of nature, exploring plant biology, pollination, and ecosystems through the vibrant language of flowers.

7 Books That Explore the Importance of Trees

As we watch forests transform from lush curtains of green into vibrant shades of red and gold, what better time to read some tree-themed books?

Everything Is Awe-some: Showing Young Students the Power of Awe

The topic of awe couldn’t be more timely. I’ve never seen such an urgent need to address social-emotional issues in and out of the classroom as I do now.

6 Virtual Field Trips About Space and the Night Sky

With the help of these field trips, it’s possible to take students on journeys that are "out of this world" without ever having to leave the classroom.

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Field Trips

7 Immersive Art Adventures for Kids

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Art education works best when it’s interactive, engaging, and yes, even a little messy.
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5 Virtual Field Trips to Get Your Students Ready for Winter

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Check out some of the coldest places on Earth with these winter-themed virtual field trips—no survival gear required!
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Get Students Moving with the Help of These 6 Gymnastics Clubs

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Looking for a fun indoor activity to help your students burn off some energy? Look no further than a local gymnastics club!
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Careers & Guidance

Careers and Guidance

Beyond Fame, Fortune, and Followers: Inspiring Students to Redefine Success

I’ve started to notice a troubling trend among my students: many of them equate success with fame, followers, or a fat bank account.

Rethinking Education Options After Graduation

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Assisting students with applications to college or university requires more than knowing about online application procedures, program offerings, or deadlines.

Alumni Success Stories: Inspiring Hope During the Opioid Crisis

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I am a teacher in southern West Virginia, a region defined by stereotypes and hit hard by America’s opioid epidemic.

Going Beyond the Curriculum: Incorporating Life Skills in the Classroom

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As an educator, my classroom isn’t just a space for reciting facts and figures. It’s a dynamic environment where learning extends far beyond the curriculum.

A Seat at the Table: Equality in the Classroom

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We may believe we are creating inclusive, “multicultural” teaching environments, all while being completely unaware of the systemic racism that still impacts our students.

Career Counselling Strategies for a Changing World of Work 

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Even before COVID, school counsellors had their hands full trying to steer students toward future success in a rapidly evolving workforce.

Trent University and Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine Launch First-of-its-Kind Double Degree

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Students will graduate with both a Bachelor of Arts and Science and a Doctor of Naturopathy degree in this accelerated seven-year pathway.

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