Independent research that evaluates Ontario school boards’ compliance with Ministry directives on student safety. Our citizen's report card launches in 2026!
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School Board Research retweeted
Jun 10
Should socioeconomic factors be an excuse for weak educational outcomes?
In this episode, I talk with Robert Peal about progressive education, inequality, and why strong instruction matters for all students — especially the most disadvantaged.
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#ChalkandTalk #Education #EducationResearch #LearningScience
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May 15
Ontario Special Education: What a Mess! An independent audit of Ontario's 72 school boards provides glaring evidence that the system's underfunded and full of holes. Face it - the current model is also unsustainable #ONTed #ONpoli #cdned auditor.on.ca/en/content/spe…
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School Board Research retweeted
Boys are falling behind in school, and some experts say it starts in kindergarten
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Today, there is a discussion of how boys are lagging in student achievement. Let's take a look at a few boards in #OntEd and see how they are working to close the gap by reviewing their results and how they approach the multi-year achievement plan.
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The Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board also has gaps in achievement between boys & girls in Gr 3 & 6 EQAO writing scores. The Student Achievement Plan is again broad. If there isn't a significant improvement, is this approach effective?
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The OHRC Right to Read inquiry (2022) made 157 recommendations to fix how Ontario teaches reading. If they were fully implemented, would the gaps above still look like this? We won't know until we can have an honest conversation about boys' literacy.
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School Board Research retweeted
May 11
ELEC(TOK): It’s not sexy, but necessary! It’s time to audit our school board audit committees! They’ve been tasked with ensuring compliance since 2009, yet here we are in 2026, and like @UCDSB, many still haven’t done a self-audit!
So, are these committees just a cozy shield for trustees afraid of real input from Parent Involvement Committees (PICs), school councils, and parents?
🗣 When your trustee asks for support, demand answers about self-audits and push for genuine involvement! @ONeducation @ONEduTracker @BoardReportCard @OPSBA @EDU_Reform @WokeWatchCanada @CPALInfo @DDSBParents @EM_POWR @OCDSB @tdsb @TCDSB @TVDSB @SteveClarkPC @chris_garrah @Brockpolitics @CornwallLive @HorsmanGeoff
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Great turnout today at researchED Calgary26 (May 9/26) at North Trail HS. @natwexler Speaking to a large audience, giving great examples and generating some laughs. Very engaging, great summary of current research.
#rEDCalgary26 #ABed #cdned
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School Board Research retweeted
Guess Who's Coming to Calgary: Curator of #ChalkandTalk Dr Anna Stokke will be explaining "How Students Learn Math" and why foundations matter. This Saturday May 9 at North Trail HS. Join us for our ground-breaking conference #rEDCalgary26 #ABed
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Tomorrow - see you there!
COUNTDOWN: Join Us for researchED Calgary26 (May 9/26) at North Trail HS for our first ever Alberta conference! Renowned American education writer @natwexler heads the cast featuring outstanding Canadian educators @johnmighton @rastokke @borneo_pete #rEDCalgary26 #ABed #cdned
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Looking forward to Anna's presentation tomorrow at @researchEDCan
May 4
Ask for Evidence
Bold claims need proof. ⚖️ The burden of proof belongs to the person making the claim. Don't let the burden shift to you.
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#ChalkandTalk #CriticalThinking
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School Board Research retweeted
Recommendation 3:
Real separation of leadership with transparency and independent oversight
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼@AnwarKnight
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School Board Research retweeted
Recommendation #2:
Create an independent reporting channel with whistleblower protections built in.
👏🏼👏🏼@AnwarKnight
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School Board Research retweeted
Apr 29
New EEF study finds lower-attaining students are NOT harmed by ability grouping, but higher-attaining students are held back in mixed classes.
Advanced students don't get enough attention in my view. What is the goal of public education? Getting all students to a minimum competency level has to be one goal. But is there not an obligation to provide an environment for students who have surpassed minimum competency to keep moving ahead?
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School Board Research retweeted
A pleasure appearing today before the Standing Committee on Social Policy to speak in support of Bill 101 - an important step toward strengthening student achievement and wellbeing in Ontario schools.
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