University training prepares educators for a lot of scenarios on the job. But what it doesn’t prepare them for is the inevitable grief that comes with it.

It's nice to think of the Internet as a wonderful invention that has made our lives both richer and more efficient. It's a nice notion and it's an accurate one—the Internet has changed our lives for the better. We can now communicate with people from all four corners of the globe. We can share, swap, and gain as much knowledge as we could ever want or need. There are no negatives associated with instant knowledge—or are there?

“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.

Students need to be allowed outside more often, and beyond just the playground—especially in areas where schools are the only green space.

It’s said that there is always a blessing in dark times, and this was it: my chance to share my 1970s childhood with 25 children of 2020.

All people living collectively in Canada are “treaty people,” meaning that we all have rights and responsibilities for this land we call home.

Like many of my students, I too use digital devices in my daily personal life, but the enormous piles of notes and paper combined with the constant fighting with the students to put their gadgets away drove me to reevaluate how I could use those very gadgets to my advantage.

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

It is imperative that teachers are aware of how their subject or subjects are vertically aligned from other grade levels, both below and above.