Reading Time: 3 minutes Until regulators more loudly express their expectations for online identity verification, the integrity of risk mitigating training will be in doubt
Category: Education
An economist who put the accent on compassion
Reading Time: 4 minutes Nallai showed us there are no differences that we can’t overcome if we show the desire and ability to approach them with an open mind
Avoid university campuses and still get an education
Reading Time: 4 minutes You can acquire the skills and knowledge without having to spend time or money on campus through MOOC (massive open online course)
Intolerance is the new tolerance
Reading Time: 3 minutes New tolerance demands that we accept either the most popular view or the view of the most vocal group or shut up
Teach kindness and relationships will grow
Reading Time: 3 minutes Yes, it’s important to teach the core subjects. But the most important thing to teach is kindness
Closed secularism breeds intolerance
Reading Time: 4 minutes Divorcing a spiritual practice from its religious meaning is problematic and a forcible whitewashing of something deeply and fundamentally complex
How to make provincial education spending pay off
Reading Time: 3 minutes Providing greater educational diversity through independent schools helps B.C. and Quebec achieve better student performance – at a lower cost
Keep federal government from messing with education
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada’s kindergarten-to-Grade 12 system flourishes because it’s controlled by the provinces, which often show great innovation and creativity
We’re all equal but this doesn’t mean we’re all the same
Reading Time: 3 minutes May we always have the freedom to ask the difficult questions and the courage to seek the difficult answers
The family that reads together, thrives together
Reading Time: 4 minutes Almost nine million Canadians can’t read well enough to perform everyday tasks. We need a cultural shift to a family-centred approach to literacy