https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/in-the-public-square--3433076enEducationCopyright voicEd Radiohttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/6eeb077bf5eefddf861741602566fa23.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/in-the-public-square--3433076Wed, 28 Feb 2024 16:48:20 +0000voicEd RadiovoicEd Radiofeeds@spreaker.comConversations that seek to hold open the space for public discourse and dialogue related to public education.falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/performance-based-funding-models-for-post-secondary-ft-dr-marc-spooner--42321934https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42321934Fri, 04 Dec 2020 21:50:19 +0000voicEd RadioDr. Marc Spooner is a professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Regina. Marc is, arguably, Canada's foremost authority (and critic) on Performance-based models of funding for Post-Secondary institutions and we were pleased to continue...1829falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/performance-based-funding-ft-chris-glover-mpp--42261173https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42261173Tue, 01 Dec 2020 16:14:48 +0000voicEd RadioChris Glover is the Member of Provincial Parliament for the riding of Spadina-Fort York in Toronto. He serves as the NDP Critic for Colleges and Universities and so it is not surprising that he has some poignant (and important) things to say about the...1065falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/performance-based-funding-for-ontario-post-secondary-institutions-ft-rick-kelly--42261175https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42261175Tue, 01 Dec 2020 16:12:47 +0000voicEd RadioRick Kelly is the Founder of Just Us—A Centre for Restorative Practice. He joins us this morning to talk about his perspective on the Ontario government's plan to move towards a Performance-based Funding Model for Post-Secondary institutions.1336falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/performance-based-funding-ft-ann-weiler--42242902
Follow Ann on Twitter: @aweninspiration]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42242902Mon, 30 Nov 2020 17:49:07 +0000voicEd RadioAnn Weiler is an experiential educator for the Waterloo Catholic District School Board and her heart for quality arts education has her concerned about the Ontario government's move towards a performance-based funding model for the province's...
Follow Ann on Twitter: @aweninspiration]]>1021falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/performance-based-funding-ft-dr-james-skidmore-waterloo--42212911
Here's a link to the full government announcement:

https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/59368/promoting-excellence-ontario-implements-performance-based-funding-for-postsecondary-institutions]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42212911Sat, 28 Nov 2020 12:27:15 +0000voicEd RadioThis week, the Ontario government re-introduced its plans to move to a Performance-based Funding model for the province's post-secondary institutions. Dr. James Skidmore is Director, Waterloo Centre for German Studies at the University of Waterloo....
Here's a link to the full government announcement:

https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/59368/promoting-excellence-ontario-implements-performance-based-funding-for-postsecondary-institutions]]>1664falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/erika-shaker-and-ken-saltman-privatization-and-corporatization-of-canadian-public-education--25710509https://api.spreaker.com/episode/25710509Sat, 18 Apr 2020 21:03:36 +0000voicEd RadioDr. Ken Saltman, Professor of Education Leadership, UMass is joined by Erika Shaker, Director of the Education Project at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. We continue to dig deeper into issues around the privatization and corporatization...2411falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ramon-san-vicente-and-alison-gaymes-schooling-for-equity-during-and-beyond-covid-19--25710408
Alison Gaymes is Centrally Assigned Principal for Principal Coaching, Equity & School Improvement with the Toronto District School Board.

Ramon San Vicente is a principal with the Toronto District School Board, educational activist, and author of various texts.

Both Alison and Ramon have a passionate commitment for exploring critical pedagogies and challenging oppressive practices in schools. Follow him on Twitter at @RamonSanVicent2.

Alison and Ramon recently co-authored an article for the Beyond the Numbers, the blogspace of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Read "Schooling for equity during and beyond COVID-19" at http://behindthenumbers.ca/2020/03/27/schooling-for-equity-during-covid-19/]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/25710408Sat, 18 Apr 2020 20:57:23 +0000voicEd RadioHow is the current COVID-19 crisis impacting students who are already marginalized by the traditional structures of schooling? Are there ways of rethinking our current approach to remote learning to embrace the principles of culturally relevant...
Alison Gaymes is Centrally Assigned Principal for Principal Coaching, Equity & School Improvement with the Toronto District School Board.

Ramon San Vicente is a principal with the Toronto District School Board, educational activist, and author of various texts.

Both Alison and Ramon have a passionate commitment for exploring critical pedagogies and challenging oppressive practices in schools. Follow him on Twitter at @RamonSanVicent2.

Alison and Ramon recently co-authored an article for the Beyond the Numbers, the blogspace of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Read "Schooling for equity during and beyond COVID-19" at http://behindthenumbers.ca/2020/03/27/schooling-for-equity-during-covid-19/]]>2055falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/dr-ken-saltman-the-impact-of-neoliberal-thinking-on-public-education--23425874
Dr. Ken Saltman is a Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at UMass. Dr. Saltman works at the intersection of sociology, philosophy and politics of education. He joins me today to dig a little deeper into the narrative that is being woven around our modern public education systems.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23425874Tue, 03 Mar 2020 11:53:29 +0000voicEd RadioOver the past few months, we’ve been exploring issues around our social commitments to public education, evidence that many governments have moved away from seeing education not as an investment, a cost centre, a market and, indeed, an industry....
Dr. Ken Saltman is a Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at UMass. Dr. Saltman works at the intersection of sociology, philosophy and politics of education. He joins me today to dig a little deeper into the narrative that is being woven around our modern public education systems.]]>1962falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/monica-kristin-blair-a-primer-on-school-privatization--23425877
Monica sheds light on the history of the privatization of public schools in the US and suggests some of the signs that we may want to be watching for in the Canadian context. We also talk about how we might open up spaces for the conversation about privatization of public goods.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23425877Tue, 03 Mar 2020 11:53:21 +0000voicEd RadioMonica Kristin Blair is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Virginia and a Jefferson Scholars Foundation Fellow. Blair’s dissertation is entitled, “From Segregation Academies to School Choice: The Post-Brown History of School Privatization."...
Monica sheds light on the history of the privatization of public schools in the US and suggests some of the signs that we may want to be watching for in the Canadian context. We also talk about how we might open up spaces for the conversation about privatization of public goods.]]>1896falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/andre-grebenc-education-funding-in-ontario--23425875https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23425875Tue, 03 Mar 2020 11:53:15 +0000voicEd RadioAndréa Grebenc is Chair of the Halton District School Board. In this conversation, Ms. Grebenc shines a light on some of the aspects of public school funding that often go unnoticed and under-reported.1858falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ricardo-tranjan-there-are-always-alternatives--23425878
In this episode, we discuss the calculator against the backdrop of policy alternatives and the need for ongoing and robust debate about the future of public education.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23425878Tue, 03 Mar 2020 11:53:04 +0000voicEd RadioRicardo Tranjan is a political economist and senior researcher at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Recently, Ricardo released a calculator that would allow Ontario citizens to measure the impact that government cuts to class sizes and the...
In this episode, we discuss the calculator against the backdrop of policy alternatives and the need for ongoing and robust debate about the future of public education.]]>1686falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/harvey-bischof-public-education-in-ontario--23425876https://api.spreaker.com/episode/23425876Tue, 03 Mar 2020 11:52:53 +0000voicEd RadioHarvey Bischof is the president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation, representing over 70 000 teachers and education workers across the province. In this conversation we talk about contract negotiations in a social media world, a...1702falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/joel-westheimer-and-mark-kingwell-citizenship-in-a-changing-world--21719597tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/535951278Mon, 26 Nov 2018 22:57:27 +0000voicEd RadioStephen Hurley is joined by Mark Kingwell, Professor of Philosophy at University of Toronto and Joel Westheimer, University Research Chair in Democracy and Education at the University of Ottawa. The discussion includes changing notions of citizenship,...3086falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rachel-collishaw-and-joel-westheimer-on-the-purpose-of-schools--21719599
Joel Westheimer is University Research Chair in Democracy and Education at the University of Ottawa.

Both of our guests on this first episode of "In the Public Square" have a real heart for conversations about democracy, citizenship and the purpose of schools]]>tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/531484893Sat, 17 Nov 2018 22:19:54 +0000voicEd RadioRachel Collishaw is an Ottawa-based educator and current President of of the Ontario History and Social Science Teachers Association (OHASSTA) Joel Westheimer is University Research Chair in Democracy and Education at the University of Ottawa. Both...
Joel Westheimer is University Research Chair in Democracy and Education at the University of Ottawa.

Both of our guests on this first episode of "In the Public Square" have a real heart for conversations about democracy, citizenship and the purpose of schools]]>3616falsefull