Literacy

With the fall issue of Voice, we are focused on supporting educators with the issues you are facing as you return for another school year.

Chelsea Attwell reflects on the learning she has done with her students on community walks.

Jinah Kim and Tara Zwolinski unpack the details of the report.

David Stocker asks readers to consider how we are all inextricably linked to one another through economic relationships and how students can have critical conversations in math class.

Erin Oxland writes about using a new resource called NewsWise to help her students learn critical thinking, navigate misinformation online and learn news and information literacy.

What do you do when you can’t find a resource to start important conversations in your classroom? You create one, of course. Peel teacher Greg Maxton (who writes under his married name, Kentris) had become increasingly frustrated with the persistent, intentional and casual homophobia that he saw in his middle school teaching environment.

In 2011, the advocacy group People for Education published a startling report called Reading for Joy. The study, which is downloadable at peopleforeducation.ca, revealed that there has been a dramatic decline in students who report that they like to read.