In the News
Commentary in media interviews and print articles on trending education topicsSeptember 14, 2021 with host Stirling Faux CKNW Corus Radio Group ,Vancouver Back to school COVID concerns and challenges for students
June 14, 2021 Global News Morning Show
Learning Lessons: How repeating grades could help students make up for learning gaps during the pandemic https://globalnews.ca/video/7947568/learning-lessons-how-repeating-grades-could-help-students-make-up-for-learning-gaps-during-the-pandemic
June 14, 2021 Charles Adler Tonight (Vancouver) Is repeating the same grade helpful for kids?
https://omny.fm/shows/charles-adler-tonight/is-repeating-the-same-grade-helpful-for-kids
June 16, 2021 The Dan MacDonald Show AM800 CKLW (Windsor) Whether kids should repeat the school year
https://www.iheartradio.ca/am800/audio/should-students-be-allowed-to-repeat-their-grade-due-to-disruptions-this-year-1.15430793?mode=Article
June 16, 2021 The Scott Radley Show 900 CHML (Hamilton)
The Vancouver School Board's decision to cancel honours courses in September (at 26min 32 sec) What should our students do after grade 12 graduation? https://globalnews.ca/hamilton/program/scott-radley-show/
May 25, 2021 School boards need to consider additional learning time for kids to continue in the same grade
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/education-repeat-year-1.6039920
May 14, 2021 CBC News (Toronto) 11 pm broadcast- TDSB Students start a petition to end quadmesters
My interview begins at 10 minutes and 48 seconds in the video below.
May 14, 2021 CBC Radio (Toronto), Here and Now with Gill Deacon- Toronto District School Board adopts quadmesters for September 2021
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-82-here-and-now-toronto/clip/15843586-tdsb-announced-sticking-quadmester-program
November 6, 2020 CBC Windsor TV News—Sean O’Neil & Monika Ferenczy on Quadmesters
November 4, 2020 ‘Quadmesters’ are burning out our high school students- Toronto Star
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2020/11/04/quadmesters-are-burning-out-our-high-school-students.html