It’s Time to Connect K-12 Education with Provincial Budget Revenue
The Ontario provincial government has a budgetary predicament. On March 20, 2023 the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
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These Edushift articles by Phil Dawes and guests provide information and perspectives on a variety of topics related to educational system change
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- Mar 6
- 4 min
Closures Are Back. How Many Schools Do Communities Need?
School closures have not been on the public agenda in Ontario for some time now due to a moratorium that was enacted by the provincial...
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- Nov 1, 2022
- 10 min
What's a Community School?
There is an enterprise that needs to happen for the future of our communities. It involves building the capacity of people, including...
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- Apr 27, 2022
- 7 min
An Appeal to Municipal and School District Leaders: Commit Now to the Goal
School Districts Need People to Guide the Coming Transition. (Warning: The Term “Eliminate Fossil Fuel Use” Is Used Many Times in This...
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- Jan 19, 2022
- 5 min
Is Education Ready for the Climate Emergency Mobilization?
The stark reality before us is defined by science. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has indicated that the planet has...
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- Dec 19, 2021
- 4 min
Propaganda, Social Media and Meta-Education Thinking
There are two key factors impacting global sustainability: climate change and technologies that are being misapplied to the detriment of...
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- Nov 21, 2021
- 4 min
The Assessment Connection
In the last Edushift article entitled Meta-Education for a Sustainable World, I introduced a phrase that has stuck with me over the...
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- Nov 11, 2021
- 5 min
Meta-Education For a Sustainable World
I started my life as an education consultant about two years ago. This followed three decades of work in public education. I wasn’t an...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 26 min
Prompting an Education Renaissance: A Framework for Meta Education System Thinking
We are living in remarkable times. It is not an illusion that things feel different; that the stakes have been raised, that “change”,...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 6 min
We Need to Know What We Don't Know About the Remote Learners
The term “data driven” is commonly used in education to convey the need for educators to use information in an effective and meaningful...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 4 min
Who Are the Remote Learners?
With education systems now well into the second half of the 2020-21 pandemic impacted school year, it is increasingly urgent that the...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 4 min
Learning Interrupted....Not Learning Loss
Editor's Note: This is the first Edushift article from Upper Canada District School Board Superintentendent of Schools Deanna Perry As we...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 3 min
We Need to Call it What it is: Emergency Remote Education
The 2021 calendar year has begun with contingency learning structures that seek to minimize the safety concerns associated with...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 4 min
The Opportunity of Covid Learning Pods
Editor's Note: This is the latest article from Education Consultant Sue Neilson - see more about Sue below. If you look around social and...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 6 min
A Case and Model for Publicy Funded Learning Pods
Due to Covid-19, the 2020-21 school year has become a vehicle for student, parent, educator and administrative perspectives about safety....
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 5 min
What Does Online Learning Mean for Teachers?
Editor's Note: This is the latest article from Education Consultant Sue Neilson - see more about Sue below. Creators. Innovators....
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 5 min
Classroom Management in an eLearning World
Editor's Note: This is the second Edushift article from Education Consultant Sue Neilson - see below As an elementary principal, I have...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 5 min
A Pandemic Call for Personalized Education
Editor's Note: Edushift would like to thank Education Consultant Sue Neilson and Learning Commons Specialist Patricia Sutherland for...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 3 min
The Opportunity of Recognizing Opportunities
Education leaders know that system transformation can be a challenging progression of ebbs and flows. Sometimes it seems evident that...
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- Sep 30, 2021
- 3 min
Self Control is not Self-Regulation; An Educator's Perspective
Editor's Note: This is the first Edushift article from Education Consultant Sue Neilson - see below. Many trends and new ideas permeate...
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