Is there a chance for teachers educated outside Canada?

The ability to relate with the students is more important than knowledge of the subject matter.

Foreign language are typically taught today as they were taught 100 years ago. The fads hurting so much of public education have not normally been allowed to retard French, etc. This is great news. Let's reflect upon why the average French class is probably much closer to the ideal than the average history class.

Two recent documentaries give conflicting views on public school education. Which one is right?

This article discusses the memory and attention-enhancing properties of the neurotransmitter/hormone norepinephrine and ways to activate it in the classroom

Teachers are often blamed for the lack of educational progress in our public schools. What is missing from the discussion is the role that the two main political parties have in setting priorities for wars, the military, and bailouts yet ignore the basic needs of our schools.

21st-Century Skills will be much discussed for many years. The writer recommends several articles for background information.

There is push in the UK for all schools to offer an extended school day by 2012. This follows evidence from the United States where extending the school day to 10 hours has provided dramatic results. Some underprivileged schools there have managed to increase the percentage of their students going on to college from 10% to 80%. It is hoped that an extended school day will have similarly dramatic results in the UK.

Many top educators say Constructivism is the perfect teaching method. Maybe in small doses, it has some merit. Unfortunately, this rapacious fad always demands bigger doses. (Short article explains the basics, and recommends a video and essay for more detail.)

This article discusses some revisions to the curent special education system, particularly with respect to diagnostics (or identification) and remediation