Would you let a doctor skip anatomy? Then why is Manitoba letting teachers skip subject expertise? Imagine that a young man we’ll call Jerry wants to become a high school physics teacher. So, Jerry applies to a Bachelor of Education program at a Manitoba...
“A teacher should be a guide on the side rather than a sage on the stage.” This common saying is one of the most useless pieces of advice that teachers receive from their education professors. Many learning opportunities are, in fact, lost when teachers try to...
The sad legacy of masked children and school closures is still with us long after the pandemic is over. When you think of institutions that failed the public during the coronavirus pandemic, would teachers' unions come to mind? A recent report by the U.S. House...
Remember when Manitoba teachers were once forbidden from giving zeroes to students who didn’t hand in assignments? At that time, even docking marks for late work was strongly discouraged. Unsurprisingly, this approach failed miserably. Anyone with an ounce of...
For the past 14 years, Vancouver surgeon Dr. Brian Day has led the charge for health-care reform, pushing for the right of patients to pay for private care if their health and well-being are threatened as a result of waiting in a stagnant and overburdened public...
The path to net zero, based on the much disputed belief that carbon dioxide is a pollution, is more steep and impractical than most people realize. Replacing fossil fuels with clean electricity will require much more power generation and a greatly upgraded grid to...
Visit the website of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society (MTS) and you might think that all teachers are left-wing ideologues. The reality, however, is quite different. There is, in fact, plenty of diversity of thought among teachers despite the one-sided political message...
Students across Canada are now back in classrooms. As the new school year gets underway, let’s encourage schools to focus on what matters most teaching and learning. No doubt there is room for improvement. According to results from the Programme for International...
In this episode of Talk Truth, Corri and Allen Hunsperger speak with Paul Coffey, a bold Manitoba School Board trustee challenging the status quo with his candid opinions and fearless governance. Paul shares his journey from a pandemic-dismissed policy maker to...
The Manitoba government is banning cell phones in schools. Starting next month, K-8 students will not be allowed to use cell phones at all during school hours. High school students may use phones during breaks and lunch hour, but not during class time. This...
Manitoba school trustee Paul Coffey Courtesy Paul Coffey Bullies aren’t only in school playgrounds. Manitoba school trustee Paul Coffey has been under fierce attack since his presentation Racism Anti Racism Nice Until It Isn’t during an April 24 Dauphin-based...
Amidst the jostling theories about the nature of education, the philosopher G.K. Chesterton once succinctly summarized it as “simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.” But what if that soul is being torn apart from within? What if...
They finally have a deal. After two years of negotiating, the Manitoba Teachers’ Society and the Manitoba School Boards Association reached a tentative agreement last month. If the agreement is ratified by teachers, this will be their first provincewide collective...
In this episode of Talk Truth, Allen and Corri Hunsperger sit down with Francine Champagne, a former Manitoba school trustee whose steadfast principles led her through intense political and social adversity. Francine discusses her motivations for running for school...
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