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Deani Van Pelt

By Deani Van Pelt

Deani Van Pelt, PhD, of Hamilton, Ontario is a Visiting Research Fellow in Charlotte Mason Studies at the University of Cumbria, U.K.

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Children inspect a Blue Morpho butterfly during a preview of "The Butterfly Conservatory: Tropical Butterflies Alive in Winter," Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Mary Altaffer/AP Photo.
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How one woman's counterintuitive approach to learning is inspiring a new generation of educators

The discontent with the education on offer during the pandemic sent many parents and teachers on the hunt for an alternative approach to education where kids could come alive and take ownership of their schooling. They found and embraced the Charlotte Mason approach.

Deani Van Pelt - Posted on January 11, 2023
Students on the Fishing Lake Indian Reserve attend class on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008. Troy Fleece/The Canadian Press.
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Saskatchewan shows how everyone wins when we embrace independent schools

Saskatchewan is much better off with its pluralist education system. A system that funds and recognizes only one type of school—the typical government-run variety—is unable to meet the full spectrum of student needs.

Deani Van Pelt - Posted on September 7, 2022
Students in an elementary class get to work as Quebec students get back to school in Montreal, on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press.
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Growing independent schools show the value of educational pluralism

Educational pluralism is on the rise in Canada as more independent schools are opening and more families are choosing them.

Deani Van Pelt - Posted on May 13, 2022
Children wearing masks sit behind screened cubicles at St. Barnabas Catholic School during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scarborough on October 27, 2020. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press.
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Pandemic schooling has made parents the guiding stars of education

Stars have emerged in unexpected places during the dark night of the pandemic. Perhaps nowhere more than in homes with school-age kids.

Deani Van Pelt - Posted on July 22, 2021
Children wearing masks sit behind screened in cubicles at St. Barnabas Catholic School on Oct. 27, 2020. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press.
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Deani Van Pelt: Some schools thrived during the COVID-19 crisis. What can they teach us?

Despite rumours to the contrary, not all students suffered during the COVID-19 shutdowns. We have something important to learn from the autonomous, accountable, and innovative schools that weathered the storm.

Deani Van Pelt - Posted on June 16, 2021
Grade 1 students wear masks during class at elementary school in Montreal on March 9, 2021. Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press
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Deani Van Pelt: The pandemic made us reimagine work. Schools should be next

Reflecting back on this crisis, did our centralized school systems fail us? Wave upon wave of school building closures cannot be ignored and months of lost education cannot be dismissed.

Deani Van Pelt - Posted on April 28, 2021
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