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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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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.
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.
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

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

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

“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.
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.
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.
Education News

New Study Addressing Teacher Departures Probes Causes and Possible Solutions

Many have lamented the growing teacher shortages across our nation, and for good reason. It is estimated that there are currently more than 49,000 vacancies across the U.S.

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Education News

Kids Write 4 Kids 2025 Contest Now Open for Young Canadian Authors

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Ripple Foundation invites students in Grades 4–8 from across Canada to submit their original stories to the annual Kids Write 4 Kids contest, open until March 31, 2026.
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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Classroom Perspectives

5 Ways to Teach Empathy for Children of All Ages

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Many 21st-century employers argue that empathy is at the heart of success. But how do we teach students to master a skill that’s rooted in emotion instead of fact?

Keeping It Old School: The Retro Arcade Project

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I wanted to design a new project that could be about classes working together, communicating, and listening to each other.

Using Urban Legends to Engage Struggling Readers

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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.

Making Rights Real: Teaching the UNCRC

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"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?”

Model UN and the Art of Diplomacy

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The Model UN Club found me in 2013 in the shape of two very keen Grade 9 girls making a pitch to me at lunch about the need for more women in politics.

Teaching Through Grief: What Happens When Educators Need Help

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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.

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.

Rocking Out with RobenX: Enhancing Student Resilience Through Collaboration

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Thanks to a collaboration with musician and anti-bullying advocate RobenX, I discovered many strategies for reaching students in new and lasting ways.

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.
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Reading Lists

12 Children’s Books to Read for Hanukkah

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Light up your Hanukkah celebrations with these festive new books.
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8 STEM Books About Real-Life Inventors

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These suggested reads about inventors may spark your students’ interest in all things building, tinkering, and creating.
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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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Computer Science

6 Fun and Creative Coding Apps for Kids

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Here are some apps that can get kids excited about coding from a young age.

How Virtual Worlds Can Transform Learning

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My journey began in Vancouver 30 years ago, as an aid with Trainable Mentally Handicapped students. Designated as ‘uneducable,’ these students were relegated to gaining work experience. Noticing they easily recounted movie plots and the artists and lyrics Top 40 songs, it occurred to me that the real handicap might be a teaching methodology that was incompatible with their learning styles.

Empowering Students for Career Success in a Changing World

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Today’s students are inheriting a world of job disruption. Gone are the days where students could assume specific education will lead to a specific job.

Addressing Cybersecurity in the Classroom

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Password management can be a daunting classroom challenge for K–12 educators. Here we’ll take a deep dive into some of the more effective solutions for getting kids logged in.

Should We Code in English? The Linguistic Debate on Programming Languages

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In a world that is striving to create universal accessibility, it’s important that students be exposed to the idea of programming with multiple languages in mind.

Fear Not the Robot: Inspiring Innovation and Creativity with Robotics

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Robots aren’t just hobbies for students tinkering in basements or garages anymore. Many schools start robotics classes after seeing how popular the clubs are.
Classroom Perspectives

The Positive Impacts of Computer Science: What Every Teacher and Administrator Should Know

After working as both a teacher and an administrator, I know how much of a difference it can make when school leaders truly appreciate the power of computer science.

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

10 Children’s Museum Field Trips for In-Person and Online Learning

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Children’s museums can be excellent environments to foster creativity and curiosity through hands-on, multi-sensory environments.
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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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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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Classroom Perspectives

Crafting Connections: A Teacher’s Heartfelt Gift

I am a primary school teacher from East Oxford, and last year I crocheted a “mini-me” of each child in my class as an end-of-year gift.

Stories from the Stage: How Drama Education Shapes Global Citizens

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Drama is far more than a performance-based art. It is a dynamic educational tool that improves students’ capacity to understand perspectives far removed from their own.

5 Music Apps for Kids

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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 Art of Performance: 5 Live Theatres to Visit with Students

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The grandeur of the big stage, colourful costumes, and the thrill of live performance can be an unforgettable experience for kids of all ages.

5 Virtual Concerts and Music Workshops to Share with Students

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

The Art of Tango: Students Discovering Grace, Discipline, and Connection

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Over the past few years, ballroom dance has garnered attention as an entertaining and educational tool that levels the social playing field and carries important life lessons.

How Technology Improved Student Achievement in My Art Class

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Disciplinary problems were high, student achievement was low, and so was my patience. I knew I couldn’t do this again the following year, so I decided to change my approach.

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