http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/15501/0 en http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/designs-fit-no-one/34534 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Book Review: The End of Average </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/end_of_average.jpg" alt="" title="" width="289" height="445" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>Ever since the government announced a few weeks ago that it was going to be putting together a set of standards for the teaching profession, I have been distracted by the idea.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/designs-fit-no-one/34534" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/designs-fit-no-one/34534#comments Grant Frost education litérature Fri, 25 Mar 2016 13:00:00 +0000 Moira Peters 34534 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/nova-scotias-education-system-getting-hit-germ-war/34436 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Diagnosis points to standardized testing-creep under McNeil Liberals </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/1190276115_1963.jpg" alt="" title="Standardized testing and subsequent teacher standards have a rich and intertwined history with private business and the neo-liberal movement. [photo: boston.com]" width="410" height="273" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>GERM. The Global Educational Reform Movement.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/nova-scotias-education-system-getting-hit-germ-war/34436" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/nova-scotias-education-system-getting-hit-germ-war/34436#comments Grant Frost Education Governance Wed, 10 Feb 2016 19:18:21 +0000 Miles Howe 34436 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/annual-teacher-conference-rejuvenates-and-inspires/34053 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/download_6.jpg" alt="" title="" width="259" height="194" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>This past&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/annual-teacher-conference-rejuvenates-and-inspires/34053" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/annual-teacher-conference-rejuvenates-and-inspires/34053#comments Grant Frost Tue, 27 Oct 2015 23:45:01 +0000 Robert DeVet 34053 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/google-apps-education-promise-and-peril-tech-class/33992 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/simpsons-classroom.png" alt="" title="It&#039;s hard not to like Google&#039;s Apps for Education, recently introduced in Nova Scotia classrooms, says teacher Grant Frost. But what about the parents who can&#039;t afford internet? " width="367" height="286" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p><em>Originally posted on the excellent <a href="http://frostededucation.com/" rel="nofollow">FrostedEducation.com</a></em></p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/google-apps-education-promise-and-peril-tech-class/33992" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/google-apps-education-promise-and-peril-tech-class/33992#comments Grant Frost Education ACORN Nova Scotia child poverty Google internet access Wed, 07 Oct 2015 13:49:40 +0000 Robert DeVet 33992 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca