The Yellowhead Institute, an Indigenous think tank at Toronto Metropolitan University, has given up on monitoring the implementation of the 94 recommendations — Calls to Action — in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report. These recommendations are what...
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There Was Not One, But Three Pandemics
Book Review: CANARY in a COVID WORLD: How Propaganda and Censorship Changed Our (My) World – 3 of 3
COVID-19 Policies Undermined Trust in Key Institutions
Book Review: CANARY in a COVID WORLD: How Propaganda and Censorship Changed Our (My) World – 2 of 3
A Canary In A Coal Mine Is A Warning Sign
Book Review: CANARY in a COVID WORLD: How Propaganda and Censorship Changed Our (My) World – 1 of 3
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How to Turn Free Citizens Into Compliant Serfs
Free citizens have minds of their own and want to pursue their lives as they see fit. This is inconvenient for the elites, who wish to be in charge of everyone’s lives so that they can show their superiority and gain benefit for themselves and their friends. So the...
Demographia International Housing Affordability – 2023 Edition Released
Demographia International Housing Affordability rates middle-income housing affordability in 94 major housing markets in eight nations: Australia, Canada, China, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. This edition covers the third...
Why Teachers Unions Shouldn’t Run Education
Congratulations to Gary Mason for a fine piece in today's Globe, correctly asserting that the elected government of British Columbia rather than the B.C. Teachers' Federation should run the province's education system. The union and the government are currently in a...
How Schools Fail Kids by Not Failing Them
On December 4, 2010 Michael Zwaagstra delivered his key points as to why public schools are failing to properly prepare today’s students for the real world to the attendees of the Society for Quality Education‘s (SQE) annual general meeting in downtown Toronto, mostly because, he argues, that schools refuse to fail students.
Grades Should Reflect Achievement: Part 8 in an ongoing excerpt series on education from the Frontier Centre
In an attempt to get away from “unfair” grading, too many teachers are now forced to engage in complex calculations that are no improvement on more straightforward marking.
Rote Learning And Practice Are Important: Part 7 in an ongoing excerpt series on education from the Frontier Centre
Music students need to practice scales and continually repeat songs until they play them correctly—so why do many teachers think rote learning has no place in the classroom?
Direct Instruction Is Good Teaching: Part 6 in an ongoing excerpt series on education from the Frontier Centre
Teachers who use direct instruction assume that students are not experts and if their misinterpretations are not corrected, then the students will have an inadequate understanding of the subject matter.
Classrooms Should Be Teacher-Centered: Part 5 in an ongoing excerpt series on education from the Frontier Centre
Forget child-centered classrooms. How about teacher-centered classrooms for a change?
Some Schools Are Better Than Others: Part 4 in an ongoing excerpt series on education from the Frontier Centre and Michael Zwaagstra et al
The reluctance or refusal of school boards to allow parents to choose schools for their children is especially unfair for low-income families.
Media Release – Time for Schools to End Social Promotion
The Frontier Centre for Public Policy today released a study from research associate and high school teacher Michael Zwaagstra and University of Manitoba education professor Rodney Clifton. The study looked at the practice of social promotion—passing students who...
Public Schools Slipping?
Letter to the Editor in April 22, 2009 Winnipeg Free Press