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New Teachers

From Crafts to Curriculum: Why Playful Learning Isn’t Just for Kids

Play is widely acknowledged as essential to children’s learning; but does it have a role for the future teachers who are learning to guide those children as well?
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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.
Reading and Literacy

5 Ways to Encourage Real Reading in a Digital World

These 5 strategies can help balance screen time and cultivate a lifelong love for reading in students.
Classroom Perspectives

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

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.
Classroom Perspectives

Scripted, Not Silenced: Finding Freedom Within the Frame

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.
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.
Alternative Education

Is It Time to Redefine Education for Modern Students? An Interview with Ravi Bhushan

How do we prepare students for a world that looks nothing like the one traditional curricula were designed for? Ravi Bhushan, founder of BrightCHAMPS, believes he has part of the answer.
Field Trips

10 Holiday Light Displays You Won’t Want to Miss

We’ve rounded up the best light displays to chase away those winter blues and help you get into the holiday spirit.
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.
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

AI in Education: Expert Says Guardrails Are the Difference Between Help and Harm

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Veteran EdTech leader Peter Kraft says schools need clear rules and protections to make sure AI supports teachers and student growth, not shortcuts.
Education News

$1M Grant from the Allstate Foundation Expands NASSP Youth Service and Leadership Initiatives

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The partnership empowers student councils and national honor societies to make a greater impact in their communities.
Book Lists

“The Wounded Line”: An Accessible and Inspiring Guide to Writing Poems About Trauma

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I’ve seen how many of my students want to write about their traumas in poems. And I’ve also seen how difficult this process can be for them. That’s why I decided to write “The Wounded Line.”
Education News

New Automated Early Warning System Identifies At-Risk Students Months Before They Become Chronically Absent

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New features in SchoolStatus Attend platform flag risk within 60 days to help educators intervene earlier, ensuring no student slips through the cracks.
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New Sustainability Procurement Guidelines Help Schools Build a Cleaner, More Efficient Future

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New report by CoSN, SETDA, and UDT provides K–12 leaders with a practical roadmap to make responsible technology purchasing decisions.

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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.

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.

Ready or (Definitely) Not: Learning to Teach in a Pandemic Classroom

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To many in the field, a poor first year of teaching is the first step in an accepted, almost ritualistic career timeline. Perspectives on a teacher’s first year seem to have shifted, though, since my generation entered the workforce.

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.

I am Teacher, A Poem for Educators

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I am Teacher. I can wear fifteen different hats on my head and not one of them from the same shop.

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

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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.

Attend Today, Achieve Tomorrow: Addressing the School Attendance Problem

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Student absences are not a new issue in education, and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have only added to this growing problem.

Reframing Student Data for Growth

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

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.
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Reading Lists

10 Picture Books About Wildlife

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These books help raise discussions with students about animal welfare, endangered species, and the diverse array of wildlife around the world.
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15 Winter Holiday Books for Kids

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Celebrate diversity and multiculturalism during the winter season by sharing these 15 holiday books with students.
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10 Unique Poetry Books for Kids

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Poetry offers students a chance to play with words and experiment with writing structures, and can be an innovative way to bring joy to reading.
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Special Education

One Size Does Not Fit All: Financial Literacy for Students with Physical Disabilities

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Students with physical disabilities need inclusive and specialized financial literacy training to prepare them to reach financial stability in adulthood.

Who Knew? Transforming How We See and Support Dyslexic Learners

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One-third of the population simply learns differently from the way they are taught. They share the underlying “gift” of dyslexia, which is an ability to alter perception.

Ditch the Desk and Embrace the Flex

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I began the school year in a classroom with eighteen standard desks. Today, I have none. This isn’t a lament about budgetary constraints or overcrowded classrooms; it’s a deliberate choice.

Special Needs: An Insider’s Perspective

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Dear teacher, you’ve taught us about different types of writing. So, I thought I’d practice by writing to you about teaching me. And “me” is a student who has a disability.

How to Calm Explosive Student Behaviour

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An inability to function socially or emotionally is as much of a learning disability as the inability to read. The tragedy of our time is that few people recognize it as such.

The Unique Needs of Gifted Students

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Some gifted students demonstrate their giftedness by participating well in class. Others may seem unengaged. That doesn’t mean they don’t understand what’s being taught.
Classroom Perspectives

Unseen Struggles: The Obstacles to Diagnosing Learning Disabilities in Children

It is not uncommon for a student to struggle with newly learned material. The question we need to ask is when does it become problematic?

Human Rights Month

The Language of Empowerment: Engaging ELL Students with the Charter

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

A Look at the Right to Peaceful Assembly and the Freedom Convoy Protest

At present, there are widespread misunderstandings of how the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms works.

Thinking Like a Teen: Teaching the Charter to Grade 9 Students

In my experience with teaching the Charter, a great way to connect the priorities of fifteen-year-olds with the values of this significant document is by thinking like a teen.

Human Rights: Canada’s Successes Shouldn’t Overshadow Its Failures

Many of us likely take basic universal human rights for granted. Yet in a legal sense, human rights have existed for less than 75 years.

Making Rights Real: Teaching the UNCRC

"What do you mean, we have rights as minors?” Thirty pairs of quizzical eyes met mine. Brows furrowed in confusion. “Aren’t rights made by adults, for adults?”

A Lesson on Empathy: Refugees and the UN Rights of a Child

During our staff meeting that afternoon, my colleagues and I learned our school had six new students who were Syrian refugees.

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

The issue of gender equality in Canada isn’t new. Women have been fighting for their rights since well before Canada was a country.

Making Space for Justice: The Realities of “Universal” Human Rights

Is the Charter of Rights and Freedoms truly universal in the human rights it promises to protect?

Saving the Future: Climate Action and the Rights of Nature

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the basic rights to democratic and free life, but what about the right to nature?

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Field Trips

5 Free Exercise Resources to Keep Students Active

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Making sure kids get enough exercise during the colder months of the year can be a challenge. Here are some resources to help get them up and moving.
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4 Fun and Simple Indoor Games for Students

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When the weather is too cold or unfavourable to venture outside, why not try something different—an in-school game-based “field-trip.”
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10 Ski Resorts Offering Field Trips This Winter

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Alpine sports are a popular activity in the winter and many ski resorts offer Snow Schools or organized field trips.
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Artificial Intelligence

Classroom Perspectives

Whose Face Belongs Here? Navigating Race in the World of AI

Teachers need support not only in understanding the tools, but also in managing the ethical, cultural, and emotional complexities that AI brings to the classroom.

No Brainer: Using AI in the Classroom

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Many AI products impact and improve our daily lives. These AI technologies and products may be beneficial to the teachers in the classroom.

That’s a Rap: Using Hip-Hop as a Tool for Learning

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I, among other things, define myself as a rapper, and it’s a fact of which my students are all too aware.

Newly Launched History AI Chat Helps Students to Search World History Encyclopedia

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With over 420 million peer-reviewed historical documents and resources, World History Encyclopedia’s AI Chat now makes it easier for students to sift through those resources to find answers to their questions.

Common Sense Media Releases New AI Toolkit for School Districts

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The toolkit provides teachers and district leaders with practical tools to facilitate AI adoption.

Revolutionizing Education: How AI Can Empower Teachers in the Classroom

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While AI is still an emerging technology, educators and K–12 advocates say it has the potential to make life better for teachers.

Empowering Education: How AI Is Transforming Teaching

Shawn Young - 0
AI in education has emerged—not as a replacement for teachers, but as a resource enhancing their ability to focus on what matters most: students.

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