A study finds that graduates who attended publicly funded schools were more likely to have open intercultural orientations than those who attended private schools.
Jess Whitley, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa dan Beth Saggers, Queensland University of Technology
Punishing attendance problems fails to address the issues facing students, from family responsibilities to barriers related to racism or inadequate support for disabilities.
According to the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, far-right groups have been trying to stack school boards with candidates harbouring anti-equity ideologies.
Universities should look to democratic innovations seen in society like ‘mini publics’ where citizens deliberate about critical issues in representative forums.
Teaching computer programming to youth can prepare them for the future job market, promote equity in tech professions and develop students’ computational thinking skills.
Recently, specious claims against critical race theory have been showing up in Canada. School boards are being questioned about their anti-racism policies and the teaching of CRT to students.
Students of color graduate at higher rates when they go to colleges where there are larger portions of the student body and faculty who are also of color.
Ebba Ossiannilsson, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Muhammad Zuhdi, Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, dan Stephen Dobson, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Students once might have been the main clients of higher education, but today communities, industries and the government demand the ear of the university.
Putting guns in the hands of schoolteachers is a popular idea among gun-owners and conservatives, but research suggests it may pose more problems than it solves.
Students with disabilities do better when they remain in general education classes, but systemic bias often leads them to be placed in separate classrooms, a special education researcher writes.