Education

Respecting Parental Rights Should Be a Given

Respecting Parental Rights Should Be a Given

In a recent campaign announcement, PC leader Heather Stefanson promised to protect parental rights in schools. Specifically, Stefanson said that parents will have the right to be informed about curriculum, the right to be involved in addressing bullying, the right to...

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Students Deserve a Safe Learning Environment

Students Deserve a Safe Learning Environment

Saunders Secondary School in London, Ontario is home to approximately 2,000 students. It’s been in the news a lot lately, but not in a good way. A recent CBC story quoted an anonymous teacher who described Saunders as a “tinderbox of violence” where students regularly...

Teachers Must Respect Parental Values

Teachers Must Respect Parental Values

When parents send their children to school, they place a lot of trust in teachers. It’s important that teachers not undermine that trust. Unfortunately, some teachers haven’t learned this lesson. For example, last year a school posted a message on its outdoor sign...

We Should not Put too much Emphasis on Technology

We Should not Put too much Emphasis on Technology

Technology has had a huge impact on public education. Classrooms of today look quite different from those of a generation ago. It shows just how quickly technology changes and the extent to which it dominates our children’s lives. However, while it makes sense to...

Teachers need to take charge of their classrooms

Teachers need to take charge of their classrooms

Prospective teachers learn a lot about individualized instruction in faculties of education. That’s because teachers are encouraged to personalize learning, for each student, as much as possible. To a certain degree, this makes good sense. An inflexible cookie-cutter...

Handwriting Remains a Useful Skill

Handwriting Remains a Useful Skill

“Sign here please.” Anyone who has ever accepted a UPS delivery, signed a permission slip for a school field trip, or filled out a legal document has likely seen this phrase. Although it takes only a few seconds to sign a document, our handwritten signature means that...

It’s Time We Put Students First Rather Than Last

It’s Time We Put Students First Rather Than Last

Finally, provincial governments are loosening public health restrictions. Based on what many health officials are saying, there’s a good chance that our country will be largely free of these restrictions by spring. This is happening not a moment too soon, particularly...