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Ministries of education need to embed ongoing anti-racist training into their teacher education programs. Short-term anti-bias training has little impact. Here, a school school in Toronto. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Short‑term anti‑racist training is not enough to counter systemic racism in Canadian education

Jerome Cranston, University of Regina

COVID-19 has exposed how systemic racism affects the lives of many racialized students in Canada. But what are some possible solutions?
Focusing on narrow PISA measures may increase skill levels but cause students to miss out on the kinds of learning that generates higher-order thinking. (Shutterstock)

Problems with PISA: Why Canadians should be skeptical of the global test

Sarfaroz Niyozov, University of Toronto and Wendy Hughes, University of Toronto

There are many reasons to be skeptical about PISA rankings, and their use to compare student achievement or to identify best practices or solutions for educational problems.

Related Topics

  1. COVID-19
  2. Critical race
  3. Endangered languages
  4. First Nations
  5. Indigenous
  6. Indigenous knowledge
  7. Literacy
  8. Racialized communities
  9. Standardized tests

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