Fostering creativity develops resilience, resourcefulness, and confidence, and is positively linked to engagement, achievement, and innovation.
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Singapore moving beyond testing and ranking
Singapore, one of the worldās highest-ranked education systems, is implementing changes that will āencourage individuals to concentrate on their own learning development,ā and reduce the emphasis on rote-learning, student ranking, and exam preparation.
Skills for work and for life
Ontarioās curriculum and policy requires comprehensive change to ensure that students are prepared for the world they will enter upon graduation. However, it is important to focus on the competencies they need for the future.
The global movement to global competencies
For future success, students need competencies that extend beyond the 3Rs into areas like creativity, health, social-emotional learning, and citizenship. Education systems around the world are starting to embed these competencies into school curriculum.
It’s time to get serious about play
A new report fromĀ the American Academy of Pediatrics says that children and young people arenāt getting enough time to develop the vital competencies and skills that are learned through play.
Back to school…back to basics?
While Ontarioās schools are doing well in teaching āthe basicsā, students need a broader set of skills, not only to master these ābasicsā, but to ensure that they can thrive in the future.
Does Ontario provide equitable access to arts education?
New data show that students in small/rural schools, schools with higher levels of poverty, or with lower levels of parental education, are less likely to have access to learning opportunities in the arts.
Beyond the 3R’s: Competencies that matter
Students need more than the 3Rs to be successful in school and in life. Health, citizenship, social-emotional, and creativity competencies are the āsurvival skillsā for the 21st century.
Insights for system change
How can our public education system support students' development of competencies in creativity, citizenship, health, and social-emotional learning?
Measuring What Matters: Phase 3 progress report
This report provides an update on 51²č¹Żās Measuring What Matters (MWM) initiative, including some of the early findings coming out of the school field trials.
Measuring What Matters: Competencies in the classroom
This report includes preliminary findings from the Measuring What Matters field trials taking place in 26 schools across 7 Ontario school boards.
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Creativity competencies in action
Teacher Kim Stolys describes how she is using some of the creativity competencies from Measuring What Matters in her classroom.
Creativity in the news
On CTV's Your Morning, Annie Kidder talks about the important role of arts education in supporting the development of a broad range of skills.
New report raises concerns about equity in arts education
New data from 51²č¹Ż show that, despite the widely recognized importance of arts education, equitable access to arts programs and resources is an ongoing challenge for Ontarioās schools.