By Deani Van Pelt

Deani Van Pelt, Ph.D, writing from Hamilton, Ontario, worked for almost a decade as a professor of education and now leads an association of independent schools. She holds appointments at several think tanks as a Senior Fellow in education policy and at a UK university as a Research Fellow in Charlotte Mason studies.

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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 - May 13, 2022

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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 - July 22, 2021

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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 - June 16, 2021

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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 - April 28, 2021