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Navigating COVID-19: State of the System - A reality check on Canada's schools
Navigating COVID-19: State of the System - A reality check on Canada's schools
The outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic left our schools scrambling. The sudden need for distance education thrusted us into an experiment with online learning that we weren’t ready for. The results of that experiment aren’t in, and in fact may never be. But it did expose cracks in our education systems.
Join us for a provocative and revealing analysis of K-12 public education that will serve as catalyst for public policy debate and discussion. Exploring the nature of the Canadian education order in all its dimensions, The State of the System, authored by Paul Bennett, explains how public schools came to be so bureaucratic, confronts the critical issues facing kindergarten to grade 12 public schools in all ten provinces, and addresses the need for systemic reform.
Our Presenter
Paul W. Bennett, Ed.D. (OISE/Toronto)
As Founding Director of Schoolhouse Consulting and Lead Researcher at Schoolhouse Institute in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Dr. Bennett roams at large raising critical issues and producing commentaries right across Canada. He is also the national coordinator for researchED in Canada, a UK-based teacher research organization committed to advancing evidence-based policy and practice.
Dr. Bennett has written or co-authored ten books, including The State of the System: A Reality Check on Canada’s Schools. Currently, Paul is Board Chair at Churchill Academy, a Dartmouth school for students with severe learning challenges and a regular education columnist for two regional daily newspapers, The Telegraph-Journal Provincial (New Brunswick) and The Chronicle Herald (Nova Scotia)
Date and Time
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM ADT
Thursday September 10, 2020
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Location
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Fees/Admission
FREE
Contact Information
Sandra Thomson, Event Coordinator
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