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Michael Zwaagstra
Michael Zwaagstra is a public high school teacher and author of “A Sage on the Stage: Common Sense Reflections on Teaching and Learning.”
Come September, K-12 Classes Should Be in Person, Not Online
Commentary University and college campuses are going to look quite empty this fall. That’s because many post-secondary institutions ...
Viewpoints
May 24, 2020
Turning Schools Into Prisons Doesn’t Make Sense
Commentary Quebec will be the first province to reopen schools as part of easing pandemic lockdown restrictions. Elementary ...
Viewpoints
May 8, 2020
Use Common Sense When Reopening Schools
Commentary As the COVID-19 curve continues to flatten in Canada, various governments are looking at how they can ...
Viewpoints
April 24, 2020
Edu-Gurus Not Only Set a Poor Example, They Also Give Bad Advice
Commentary Do as I say, not as I do. This old adage reminds us that some people don’t ...
Viewpoints
April 20, 2020
New Book Recycles Old–and Bad–Teacher Union Talking Points
Commentary “There is nothing new under the sun.” This ancient saying certainly rings true in the debate on ...
Viewpoints
April 12, 2020
Forced Distance Learning Could Lead to a Resurgence of Traditional Math
Commentary Schools across Canada are closed, and it looks like they may remain closed for the next few ...
Viewpoints
April 6, 2020
Pandemic or No Pandemic, Learning Must Go On
Commentary “The king is dead. Long live the king.” This ancient saying means that the monarchy continues even ...
Viewpoints
March 30, 2020
Pandemic Should Not Be Used as an Excuse to Change Approach to Learning
Commentary Every school across the country is now closed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Students are ...
Viewpoints
March 23, 2020
Time for Ontario Teachers to End Their Strikes
Commentary After several months of job action, Ontario teachers’ unions finally got their concerns addressed. The Ontario government ...
Viewpoints
March 9, 2020
In Education, Too Much Focus on Seniority Hurts Students
Commentary Suppose you have been diagnosed with a serious heart disease and you need open-heart surgery. Two surgeons ...
Viewpoints
March 2, 2020
Teachers’ Unions Should Stay out of Radical Social Justice Activism
Commentary Visit the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation’s website and you’ll have no trouble finding its statement supporting the ...
Viewpoints
February 23, 2020
Content Knowledge and Critical Thinking Go Hand-in-Hand
Commentary Suppose you want some healthy lifestyle advice. A dietary consultant suggests that instead of identifying specific foods ...
Viewpoints
February 10, 2020
Many of Canada’s School Boards Are Far Too Secretive
Commentary When Calgary school trustee Lisa Davis announced her resignation from the Calgary Board of Education (CBE) on ...
Viewpoints
February 3, 2020
The Ford Government and Ontario Teachers’ Unions Are Both Wrong
Commentary “A plague o’ both your houses!” With these words, Mercutio, a character in Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” ...
Viewpoints
January 24, 2020
Teachers Must Handle Controversial Issues Cautiously
Commentary Last month, a Metro Vancouver high school teacher allegedly showed students a Netflix documentary called “Don’t F*** ...
Viewpoints
January 13, 2020
Social Media Empowers Classroom Teachers
Commentary A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. This popular saying, widely attributed to 18th-century philosopher Alexander Pope, ...
Viewpoints
January 6, 2020
Teachers’ Unions Should Focus on Advocacy Rather Than Governance
Commentary Suppose a middle-school teacher is accused of inappropriate behavior toward five students. Among other things, the teacher ...
Viewpoints
December 28, 2019
The Fine Line Between Education and Indoctrination
Commentary Teach students how to think rather than what to think. We educate students when we help them ...
Viewpoints
December 16, 2019
When It Comes to Improving Reading Skills, Content Knowledge Is Vital
Commentary The good news is that, when it comes to academic achievement, Canadian students typically rank well above ...
Viewpoints
December 8, 2019
There Are Good Alternatives to Teacher Strikes
Commentary The relationship between the Ontario teachers’ unions and Premier Doug Ford’s government has gone from bad to ...
Viewpoints
December 2, 2019
All Canadians Should Know Canadian History
If you are a permanent resident who wants to become a Canadian citizen, you’d better start studying. That’s ...
Viewpoints
November 11, 2019
‘Balanced Literacy’ Is a Poor Way to Teach Reading
The reading wars are over, or at least they should be. Unfortunately, they are not. In the late ...
Canada
November 3, 2019
Class Size Is Not the Most Important Thing
If you asked a group of teachers whether they would rather teach a class with 20 students or ...
Canada
October 28, 2019
Canada Needs More Science of Learning Centres
Earlier this year, three education professors delivered an unusual presentation at the Canadian Society for the Study of ...
Viewpoints
October 11, 2019
University Students Deserve Freedom of Choice
When students go to university, they make a lot of important decisions, such as choosing which university to ...
Viewpoints
October 7, 2019
Learning Styles: The Fad That Just Won’t Go Away
To understand this article, make sure you use your preferred learning style. If you are a visual learner, ...
Canada
September 23, 2019
Students Should Not Be Encouraged to Skip School
To skip or not to skip? That is the question. Whether ‘tis nobler for students to suffer the ...
Viewpoints
September 17, 2019
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