Reading Time: 4 minutes Mask mandates have reduced children’s immunity to common viruses
Author: Michael Zwaagstra
Michael Zwaagstra is a public high school teacher and author. He has extensive teaching experience at a variety of grade levels and currently teaches high school social studies in Manitoba. Michael received his Bachelor of Education, Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Education and Master of Education degrees from the University of Manitoba where he won numerous academic awards including the A. W. Hogg Undergraduate Scholarship, the Klieforth Prize in American History and the Schoolmasters’ Wives Association Scholarship. He also holds a Master of Arts in Theological Studies from Liberty University and graduated with high distinction.
Misbehaving teachers must be held accountable
Reading Time: 3 minutes All students deserve to be safe and secure while at school
Being a school trustee is not for the faint of heart
Reading Time: 3 minutes School trustees must approve budgets, hire key personnel, determine policy priorities, and ensure proper transportation for students
Woke ideology doesn’t belong in schools
Reading Time: 4 minutes All students deserve a learning environment that is free of political indoctrination
Promote equity by promoting a quality education
Reading Time: 3 minutes A secretariat to oversee equity officers won’t empower students from disadvantaged backgrounds
Universities’ draconian pandemic rules are ridiculous
Reading Time: 4 minutes Another sign of out-of-touch elitism
Professionals should be allowed to speak freely
Reading Time: 3 minutes Regulatory bodies should stick to their core purpose and stay out of politics
Memorizing facts still has an important place in schools
Reading Time: 3 minutes Students learn best when immersed in a content-rich learning environment that builds up their background knowledge
It’s time to scrap the ArriveCAN app
Reading Time: 3 minutes This useless app has only contributed to the chaos at our major airports
Violence should never be normalized in school
Reading Time: 3 minutes Schools must avoid the equally misguided extremes of zero-tolerance policies and permissive idealism