Solidarity Halifax member Ben Sichel joins Paul Bennet on CBC Radio One’s Maritime Connection to discuss student achievement and education reform. Ben Sichel is a high school teacher in Dartmouth and an education blogger. Paul Bennet is the lead consultant at School House Consulting and a professor of education at Saint Mary’s University. >Listen to […Read more]
Solidarity Halifax member Ben Sichel argues the province’s plan to revamp education ignores the biggest problem: poverty. Originally published at The Chronicle Herald. Ben is a teacher in Dartmouth and author of the P-12 education section for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ Alternative Provincial Budget. Beyond some of the more headline-grabbing elements of Karen […Read more]
Solidarity Halifax member Ben Sichel warns against quick fixes for our education system. Originally published at No Need to Raise Your Hand. Ben is a teacher in Dartmouth and author of the P-12 education section for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ Alternative Provincial Budget. With recent standardized assessment scores from Nova Scotian schools causing […Read more]
Judy Haiven, management professor at Saint Mary’s University and member of Solidarity Halifax, announced during a recent panel on campus misogyny that women’s voices should be prioritized in the classroom. She explained her experiment in her own classrooms where she always gives first voice to women during discussions and group projects in order to avoid […Read more]
Social worker and Solidarity Halifax member Jackie Barkley shares her viewpoint on the Education Department’s dealings with the Council on African Canadian Education (CACE). >>Listen to her CBC commentary here Note: Statements by Solidarity Halifax members do not necessarily reflect positions held by the organization.