Education Project

Monitoring the privatization of public education – and resistance to it
With a wide circle of research associates representing all aspects of the education sector, accessible research, case studies and thoughtful commentary and analysis, the Education Project provides a welcome—and often humorous—balance to the rhetoric of market-based education reform that continues to erode our public education system at all levels.
Check out what’s new on our blog, and in our popular magazine Our Schools / Our Selves.
- One: most recent OS/OS issue
- Two: most recent blog post
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Spring-Summer 2017
The Anatomy of a Nova Scotia Teachers’ Strike Welcome to the new Our Schools / Our Selves! Thanks so much for your patience. No doubt…
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The Case for Renewal in Post-Secondary Education
Download 713.39 KB 17 pages Over the past 15 years, revenue from student tuition has tripled, public student debt has ballooned (reaching $28 billion by…
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Winter 2017
Climate Justice in Education How is climate change and sustainability being taught, practiced and promoted in educational institutions across the country? To help answer that question, this…
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Math That Matters 2
In MathThatMatters2, David Stocker has crafted another 50 lessons linking mathematics and social justice. For educators keen to provide rich learning opportunities and differentiated content that…
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Fall 2016
Mass Historia: Exploring history, narrative, and citizenship in our classrooms The fall 2016 issue of OS/OS focuses on history: how it’s taught in classrooms across…
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Summer 2016
Project: Change If we are as passionate about justice as we are about our ideas, then we need to seriously invest in and support those…
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Spring 2016
Community Watch? Surveillance, safety and control in Canadian Education This issue of Our Schools/Our Selves explores not only surveillance, but the ways in which control…
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Winter 2016
Oral History Education, Political Engagement, and Youth The Winter 2016 issue of Our Schools/Our Selves offers a thoughtful and multifaceted collection on the subject of…
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Fall 2015
How Does Your Garden Grow? Sustainability, collaboration, and place-based learning This issue of Our Schools/Our Selves is an opportunity to explore much of what has resulted…
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An Agenda for Social Change: 2016 Calendar
The CCPA is pleased to introduce our 2016 Calendar: An Agenda for Social Change. This is about more than keeping you organized – each month…
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What’s the Difference?
Taking Stock of Provincial Tuition Fee Policies Download 740.02 KB32 pages This study looks at trends in tuition and compulsory fees in Canada since 1993,…
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Provincial tuition fee policies more about managing public opinion than accessibility: study
READ THE FULL REPORT HERE. OTTAWA—On average, tuition and compulsory fees for Canadian undergraduate students have tripled between 1993-94 and 2015-16 and will continue to…
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