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B.C. parents confused by government’s new ‘descriptive’ grading

Sixty-four per cent of B.C. parents were unable to correctly identify the term “emerging" from a list of options.


2:30AM
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Ontario’s Canadian history curriculum remains a confusing mess

The specific learning outcomes in the curriculum guide are so broad that teachers can do almost anything with them.


10:25AM
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Nova Scotia government can easily ban smartphones in schools despite naysayers

By allowing some students to have smartphones in class, we guarantee that other kids will be distracted.


12:30PM
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Learning loss piles up alongside snow while ‘e-learning’ collects dust

In math, 15-year-old students in Nova Scotia today are more than two years behind where they were in 2003.


2:30AM
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Smartphones hurt student learning in the classroom

In Canada, 80 per cent of students reported feeling nervous or anxious if their phones were not near them during math instruction.


1:30PM
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COVID school closures likely caused significant learning loss in Alberta and beyond

Better organized and operated schools are likely better able to help students recover from temporary learning loss.


11:50AM
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One-size-fits-all approaches don’t benefit all students

In Ontario, the government has combined academic and applied math courses.


2:30AM
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Hiring more ‘learning coaches’ won’t fix Ontario schools

One of the province's leading math educators sees math as an opportunity to push his political views on students.


10:27AM
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When it comes to education, government bureaucrats don’t always know best

Half of all provinces, including Ontario, still refuse to allow money to follow the student.