We’re blogging from the CSBA Congress 2011 in Ottawa. Yesterday was an extraordinary day of professional development. A few quotes from our plenaries yesterday: “Leadership is action, not position.” “Schools are places of hope and we need to communicate that every day.” “Critical thinking is what’s needed to move educational reform forward.” “We need to…
Last week, the CSBA presented to CMEC during their 99th meeting (CMEC 99). This meeting provided Ministers the opportunity to advance work on the priorities outlines in Learn Canada 2020, a guiding framework and joint ministerial statement that focuses on lifelong learning in four areas: early childhood learning and development, elementary and secondary schooling, postsecondary…
The CSBA will be featuring a new series on our website, in line with our priority of sharing best practices in public education across Canada. Our new feature series is called Best Practices in Public Education Across Canada. Look for the “Best Practice” icon to read about successful practices in many different areas of education;…
The documentary film “Waiting for Superman” , which originally premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, was just released this month. This film provides an in-depth commentary and analysis on the US public education system. The film provides a very serious critique of the US educational system. However, it also highlights leaders and organizations who…
The Learning from Leadership Project: Investigating the Links to Improved Student Learning is a joint 2010 research report from the University of Toronto’s Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and the University of Minnesota’s Centre for Applied Research and Educational Improvement, commissioned by the Wallace Foundation. This study provides further evidence of the direct relationship…
