Students fidgeting, sneaking a peek at smartphones, chatting with one another and disrupting others — this all contributes to making today’s classrooms unsettling places. Yet excessive classroom noise and disruptions remain largely undiagnosed and understudied …
Read MoreCanada’s school system was turned upside down by the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the first phase, the system-wide shutdown was much like a power outage that left students and parents in the dark …
Read More“Everyone is doing their best” was the prevailing narrative during the COVID-19 disruption affecting five million kindergarten to Grade12 students and their families. Coming out of a three-month suspension of in-person, face-to-face teaching and learning, …
Read MoreOntario’s recently elected Progressive Conservative government has vowed to abandon what is termed “discovery math” and to get “back to basics.” That populist election cry resonated with Ontarians because Ontario students continue to lag in …
Read MoreStudents are now routinely referred to as “learners” in the school system-bound world of K-12 education. Teaching is “facilitating learning,” the classroom is a “learning environment,” and pursuing continuing education is “lifelong learning.” Over the …
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