Education Excellence

  • The Lost Common Good of Education

    The Lost Common Good of Education

    Joe Woodard

    August 28, 2020

    As parents send their kids back to school plagued by the new peril of COVID-19, Joe Woodard argues the real classroom risk remains an outmoded pedagogical revolution that turned education against its true nature.

    At the risk of sounding melodramatic: a revolutionary elite seized public education in the 1970s. I saw it during my time at the University of Alberta. It was not a “conspiracy.” It was an ideology – “politics masquerading as science” – the prosely...

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  • Recalibrating Education

    Recalibrating Education

    Peter Stockland

    May 25, 2020

    When the Ontario government made the call to shut down school buildings, John Knox Christian School's leadership team jumped into action. In the second of a series on independent education, Peter Stockland reports on how the school got back on track so quickly.

    George Petrusma knows exactly where he was at 4:03 p.m. on Thursday March 12, and the decision facing him, staff and students at John Knox Christian School in Oakville, Ontario. 

    “I was having a conversation with all our staff who were in the buildin...

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  • Exploring Canada’s Christian Schools

    Exploring Canada’s Christian Schools

    Daniel Proussalidis

    January 29, 2020

    Adrienne Castellon and Cardus Director of Communications Daniel Proussalidis continue their conversation about a series of case studies mapping the stories of 11 Catholic and Protestant schools across Canada.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBZZwZQP6BU 

    This is the second of a two-part series. To read the first piece, please click here: ...

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  • Minding the School-Home Gap

    Minding the School-Home Gap

    Rebecca Darwent

    May 8, 2019

    Convivium’s Rebecca Darwent reports on a recent Cardus forum exploring the differing formative impacts of school and family on children.

    Photo by Peter Stockland

    One of the greatest challenges in determining the impact of a child’s school education is the simple fact that schooling is also connected to the impact of parents on their children and, in some cases, the chur...

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  • Innovate to Educate

    Innovate to Educate

    Ray Pennings, and Danielle Smith, Deani Van Pelt

    April 26, 2019

    In late March, parallel to the annual Manning Networking Conference in Ottawa, Convivium's parent think tank Cardus hosted a panel discussion on educational innovation. Alberta journalist Danielle Smith spoke with Ray Pennings, executive vice president of Cardus, and Deani Van Pelt, President of Edvance Christian Schools Association.

    This piece is the second of three parts. To read part one, click here. To read part two, ...

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  • A Fresh Eye On Education

    A Fresh Eye On Education

    Ray Pennings, and Danielle Smith, Deani Van Pelt

    April 24, 2019

    In late March, parallel to the annual Manning Networking Conference in Ottawa, Convivium's parent think tank Cardus hosted a panel discussion on educational innovation. Alberta journalist Danielle Smith spoke with Ray Pennings, executive vice president of Cardus, and Deani Van Pelt, President of Edvance Christian Schools Association.

    This piece is the first of three parts. To read part two, click here. To read part three, ...

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  • Tomorrow Looks Bright for B.C. Schools

    Tomorrow Looks Bright for B.C. Schools

    Lloyd Mackey

    October 16, 2018

    Convivium contributor Lloyd Mackey talks to Cardus’ Beth Green about “exciting” educational data she’ll release Wednesday at Surrey B.C.’s Pacific Academy.

    Tomorrow’s release of Cardus data on outcomes for B.C.’s public and independent schools will also showcase the “exciting example” of innovative schools policy on the West Coast, says the leader of the study.

    Beth Green, program director for Cardus Ed...

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  • Rozema Awards Celebrate Excellent Educators

    Rozema Awards Celebrate Excellent Educators

    June 15, 2018

    Most teachers want their students to be excellent. But what does that mean? Convivium is proud to share videos created to learn more about the invaluable work of the winners and nominees of the 2018 John Rozema Teacher Excellence Awards.

    Most teachers want their students to be excellent. But what does that mean? Unfortunately, many teachers and schools today have a limited understanding of “excellence” as academic performance. In 2016, Cardus Education launched the John Rozema Teaching Exce...

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  • The Educational Apocalypse of Google

    The Educational Apocalypse of Google

    David McKernan

    October 9, 2017

    Convivum contributor David McKernan wonders whether the traditional understanding of university education is being sacrificed to the false god Google.

    Much has been said about the failure of the modern university to promote the pursuit of truth and human flourishing. As Rex Murphy argues, the modern university is becoming a “cocoon of self-indulgence and anti-intellectualism” which undermines the project ...

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