Tests help improve student achievement
P.E.I. introduced standardized testing and student achievement substantially improved. Other provinces should take note
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Author: Michael Zwaagstra
Unions can help teachers resist pointless education fads
Being on the front lines, teachers must implement the latest fads. Then they get blamed when the fads crash and burn
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Market principles offer solutions to teacher shortage
One way to increase the applicants is to make the job more desirable, particularly by paying more
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Reading comprehension depends on content knowledge
A student may be able to decode every single word in an article but still be clueless about the meaning since they know virtually nothing about the subject
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Don’t judge historic figures without knowledge of our history
Canadian curriculums fail students when it comes to teaching the content necessary to have informed, intelligent debate
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