BCTF Information Services—Research & Reports

Aboriginal Education

• Yee, N.L., & Butler, D.L. (2020). Decolonizing possibilities in special education services. Canadian Journal of Education, 43(4): 1071-1103.

Child & Adolescent Health/Development

• Falkenberg, T., & Krepski, H. (2020). On conceptualizing child well-being: Drawing on disciplinary understandings of childhood. Canadian Journal of Education, 43(4): 891-917.

COVID-19

• Kuhfeld, M., et al. (2020). Projecting the potential impact of COVID-19 school closures on academic achievement. Educational Researcher, 49(8): 549-565.
• Leslie, L. (2020). Trauma and the post-COVID teacher: Caring beyond the curriculum as schools reopen across Canada. Education Canada, 60(3).
• Marshall, D.T., Shannon, D.M., & Love, S.M. (2020). How teachers experienced the COVID-19 transition to remote instruction. Phi Delta Kappan, 102(3): 46-50.
• OECD. (2020). Lessons for education from COVID-19: A policy maker's handbook for more resilient systems. Paris: OECD Publishing. [full text available in library.

• Meldrum, R.C., et al. (2020). Bullying victimization, negative emotions, and digital self-harm: Testing a theoretical model of indirect effects. Deviant Behavior. Published online 12 Oct. 2020.
• Related article: Burt, C. (2020, Dec. 18). Digital self-harm: What is it and could it be on the rise? District Administration.

Distance Education

• Ostroff, W.L. (2020). Teaching young children remotely. Educational Leadership, 78(3): 20-25.

Educational Change

• McKinney de Royston, M., Lee, C., Nasir, N.S., & Pea, R. (2020). Rethinking schools, rethinking learning. Phi Delta Kappan, 102(3): 8-13.

Educational Leadership

• The Alberta Teachers' Association. (2020). Women in educational leadership needs assessment survey. Edmonton, AB: Alberta Teachers' Association.

Effective Schools

• Phi Delta Kappan November 2020 issue - What is a good school?

Homophobia/Heterosexism - Youth

• Grace, A.P. (2020). Sexual and gender minorities in Canadian schools. Education Canada, 60(3).

Poverty and Children

• Barker, I. (2020). The impact of poverty on pupils' brains. TES (no. 5428, 13 Nov. 2020).

Racism/Racist Incidents

• Starck, J.G., Riddle, T., Sinclair, S., & Warikoo, N. (2020). Teachers are people too: Examining the racial bias of teachers compared to other American adults. Educational Researcher, 49(4): 273-284.
• Thompson, R. (2020). Addressing racism in the K-12 workplace: The impact of racial trauma on Black and non-white educators. Education Canada, 60(3).

Social Media - Impact on Youth

• Santos, L., & Reeve, R. (2020). Screen time and youth health issues: A literature review. International Journal of E-Learning & Distance Education, 35(1).

Teacher Education

• Kearns, L.-L. (2020). Learning with and from Indigenous people: Navigating transformative pedagogy and privilege in teacher education. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 66(4): 387-405.

Teacher Stress/Wellness

• The Alberta Teachers' Association. (2019). School wellness and well-being initiatives across Canada: Environmental scan and literature review. Edmonton, AB: Alberta Teachers' Association.
• The Alberta Teachers' Association. (2020). Compassion fatigue, emotional labour and educator burnout: Research study. Phase one report: Academic literature review and survey one data analysis. Edmonton, AB: Alberta Teachers' Association.

• (May 2019). Special issue: What use is educational assessment? The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

Violence/Teachers

• The Alberta Teachers' Association. (2020). Understanding aggression(s) in Alberta schools and school communities. Edmonton, AB: Alberta Teachers' Association.
• Santor, D.A., & Bruckert, C. (2020). The dirty little secret: Harassment and violence against educators. Education Canada, 60(3).

Aboriginal Education

• Brown, L. (2019). Indigenous young people, disadvantage and the violence of settler colonial education policy and curriculum. Journal of Sociology, 55(1): 54-71.

Child & Adolescent Health/Development

• Jensen, M., et al. (2019). Young adolescents' digital technology use and mental health symptoms: Little evidence of longitudinal or daily linkages. Clinical Psychological Science, 7(6): 1416-1433. [Abstract only.]
• Meltzer, L.J., et al. (2019). Impact of changing middle and high school start times on sleep, extracurricular activities, homework, and academic engagement. Sleep, 42(Supplement 1): A328-A329. [Abstract only.]
• Viner, R.M., et al. (2019). Roles of cyberbullying, sleep, and physical activity in mediating the effects of social media use on mental health and wellbeing among young people in England: A secondary analysis of longitudinal data. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 3(10): 685-696. [Abstract only.]

Distance Education

• Barbour, M.K., & LaBonte, R. (2019). Sense of irony or perfect timing: Examining the research supporting proposed e-Learning changes in Ontario. International Journal of E-Learning & Distance Education, 34(2).

Education - Finland

• Brunila, K., & Kallioniemi, A. (2018). Equality work in teacher education in Finland. Policy Futures in Education, 16(5): 539-552. [Abstract only - full text in paper file.]

ESL

• Torff, B., & Murphy, A.F. (2020). Teachers beliefs about English learners: Adding linguistic support to enhance academic rigor. Phi Delta Kappan, 101(5): 14-18.

Homophobia/Heterosexism - Youth

• Airton, L., Kirkup, K., McMillan, A., & DesRochers, J. (2019). What is "gender expression?" How a new and nebulous human rights construct is taking shape in Ontario school board policy documents. Canadian Journal of Education, 42(4): 1154-1182.
• James, K. (2019). Mapping sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) inclusion through curriculum and practice in a Canadian teacher education program. Canadian Journal of Education, 42(4): 957-991.
• Tompkins, J., Kearns, L.-L., & Mitton-Kükner, J. (2019). Queer educators in schools: The experiences of four beginning teachers. Canadian Journal of Education, 42(4): 384-414.

Multicultural/Anti-Racist Education

• Myles, J.M. (2019, Aug. 28). Developing intercultural competence: A shift in thinking. Education Canada.
• Raisinghani, L. (2019, Sept. 18). (Trans-multi)culturally responsive education: A critical framework for responding to student diversity. Education Canada.

Poverty and Children

• First Call. (2020). 2019 BC child poverty report card: Summary report. First Call BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition.
• Sarangi, L. (2020). 2020: Setting the stage for a poverty-free Canada. Campaign 2000 report card on child and family poverty in Canada. Campaign 2000.

Racism/Racist Incidents

• Anderson, R.E., Saleem, F.T., & Huguley, J.P. (2019). Choosing to see the racial stress that afflicts our Black students. Phi Delta Kappan, 101(3): 20-25.
• English, D., et al. (2020). Daily multidimensional racial discrimination among Black U.S. American adolescents. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 66, 101068.
  • Related article: Kowalski, K. (2020, Feb. 5). Study links racism with signs of depression in Black teens. Science News for Students.

Refugee Children

• Levi, T.K. (2019). Preparing pre-service teachers to support children with refugee experiences. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 65(4).

School Facilities

• Barshay, J. (2020, Jan. 20). The learning effect of air quality in classrooms. The Hechinger Report.

Sex Differences

• Kersey, A.J., Csumitta, K.D., & Cantlon, J.F. (2019). Gender similarities in the brain during mathematics development. npj Science of Learning, 4(19).
  • Related article: Sparks, S.D. (2019, Nov. 12). Boys' and girls' brains the same when it comes to math. Inside School Research [Education Week blog].

Sex Education

• Bialystok, L., & Wright, J. (2019). 'Just say no': Public dissent over sexuality education and the Canadian national imaginary. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 40(3): 343-357.

Social Emotional Learning

• Pawlo, E., Lorenzo, A., Eichert, B., & Elias, M.J. (2019). All SEL should be trauma-informed. Phi Delta Kappan, 101(3): 37-41.

Students at Risk

• Brown, R.S., Gallagher-Mackay, K., & Parekh, G. (2020). Redefining risk: Human rights and elementary school factors predicting post-secondary access. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 28(21).

Teacher Recruitment & Retention

• Carver-Thomas, D., & Darling-Hammond, L. (2019). The trouble with teacher turnover: How teacher attrition affects students and schools. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 27(36).

Teacher Stress/Wellness

• (2019). Well at Work issue. Education Canada, 59(4).
• McCarthy, C.J. (2019). Teacher stress: Balancing demands and resources. Phi Delta Kappan, 101(3): 8-14.
• Naylor, C. (2019, Sept. 18). Staff well-being in schools: Some B.C. ideas and approaches. Discussion kit. Education Canada.
• Santoro, D.A. (2019). The problem with stories about teacher "burnout." Phi Delta Kappan, 101(4): 26-33.

Teacher Supply and Demand

• Sutcher, L., Darling-Hammond, L., & Carver-Thomas, D. (2019). Understanding teacher shortages: An analsysis of teacher supply and demand in the United States. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 27(35).

Teacher Unions

• Wright, A.M. (2020). Historical view of accountability and teacher labor. Communication Education, 69(1): 105-118.

Year Round Schools/Education

• Kuhfeld, M. (2019). Surprising new evidence on summer learning loss. Phi Delta Kappan, 101(1): 25-29.

Aboriginal Education

• Bellringer, C. (2019). Progress audit: The education of Aboriginal students in the B.C. public school system. Victoria, BC: Office of the Auditor General of British Columbia.

Academic Achievement

• Downey, D.B., Quinn, D.M., & Alcaraz, M. (2019). The distribution of school quality: Do schools serving mostly white and high-SES children produce the most learning? Sociology of Education, 92(4). [abstract only]
• Related article: Smola, J. (2019, Sept. 28). Kids in poor schools show same academic growth as others, Ohio State study finds. The Columbus Dispatch.

Arts Education

• Farrington, C.A., et al. (2019). Arts education and social-emotional learning outcomes among K-12 students: Developing a theory of action. University of Chicago Consortium on School Research.

Child & Adolescent Health/Development

• People for Education. (2019). Supporting students' mental health: A collective responsibility. Toronto, ON: People for Education.

Educational Indicators - Intl.

• Steiner-Khamsi, G., & Waldow, F. (2018). PISA for scandalization, PISA for projection: The use of international large-scale assessments in education policy making - an introduction. Globalisation, Societies and Education, 16(5): 557-565. [full text in library]

Educational Technology - Equity Issues

• Reich, J. (2019). Teaching our way to digital equity. Educational Leadership, 76(5): 30-35.

Educational Technology - Impact on Teaching & Learning

• Bouygues, H.L. (2019). Does educational technology help students learn? An analysis of the connection between digital devices and learning. The Reboot Foundation.
• Kolb, L. (2019). Smart classroom-tech integration. Educational Leadership, 76(5): 20-26.

Homophobia/Heterosexism - Youth

• Airton, L. (June 2019). The gender-friendly classroom: Practical advice for teachers on welcoming gender diversity every day. Education Canada: 24-29.
• Wells, K. (June 2019). The straight facts: Eight common myths and misconceptions about LGBTQ2 youth. Education Canada: 14-19.

Inclusion

• Cooc, N. (2019). Do teachers spend less time teaching in classrooms with students with special needs? Trends from international data. Educational Researcher, 48(5): 273-286.

Multicultural/Anti-Racist Education

• Ngounou, G.N., & Gutierrez, N.B. (2019). The value of interracial facilitation of racial equity training. Phi Delta Kappan, 100(8): 56-61.

Privatization - Fundraising

• Murray, B.C. (2019). PTAs, parent involvement, and the challenges of relying on private money to subsidize public education. Phi Delta Kappan, 100(8): 42-46.

School Meals

• Schwartz, A.E., & Rothbart, M.W. (2019). Let them eat lunch: The impact of universal free meals on student performance. Syracuse, NY: Maxwell School Center for Policy Research, Syracuse University.
• Related article: Amin, R. (2019, Oct. 15). Universal free lunch is linked to better teste scores in New York City, new report finds. Chalkbeat.

Sex Education

• Gidinski, B. (June 2019). How young can SOGI go? Education Canada: 11-12.

Social Emotional Learning

• Bailey, R., Stickle, L., Brion-Meisels, G., & Jones, S.M. (2019). Re-imagining social-emotional learning: Findings from a strategy-based approach. Phi Delta Kappan, 100(5): 53-58.
• Soutter, M. (2019). Unintended lessons of SEL programs. Phi Delta Kappan, 100(5): 59-62.

Student Evaluation

• Feldman, J. (2019). Beyond standards-based grading: Why equity must be part of grading reform. Phi Delta Kappan, 100(8): 52-55.

Teacher/Action Research

• Manfra, M.M. (2019). Action research and systematic, intentional change in teaching practice. Review of Research in Education, 43(1): 163-196. [abstract only]

Teacher Collaboration

• Hargreaves, A., & O'Connor, M.T. (2019). The 4 b's: How to adapt other people's practices and make them stick. The Learning Professional, 40(3): 54-62.

Teacher Salaries/Benefits/Pensions

• Schaeffer, K. (2019, July 1). About one-in-six U.S. teachers work second jobs - and not just in the summer. FactTank. Washington, D.C.: Pew Research Center.

Teacher Stress/Wellness

• Simmons, M., et al. (2019). When educators come together to speak about well-being: An invitation to talk. Canadian Journal of Education, 42(3): 850-872.

21st Century Learning

• Boninger, F., Molnar, A., & Saldana, C.M. (2019). Personalized learning and the digital privatization of curriculum and teaching. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center.
• Related article: Greene, P. (2 May 2019). Report: Can personalized learning actually deliver? Forbes.

Aboriginal Education

• Madden, B. (2019). Indigenous counter-stories in truth and reconiciliation education. Education Canada, 59(1).

Child & Adolescent Health/Development

• Minahan, J. (2019). Building positive relationships with students struggling with mental health. Phi Delta Kappan, 100(6): 56-59.
• Smith, A., Forsyth, K., Poon, C., Peled, M., Saewyc, E., & McCreary Centre Society. (2019). Balance and connection in BC: The health and well-being of our youth. Vancouver, BC: McCreary Centre Society.

Class Size

OSSTF/FEESO. (2019). Impact of class size increases: Modelling the effects on school programs. Summary and full report.

Distance Education

• Molnar, A., et al. (2019). Virtual schools in the U.S. 2019. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center.

Educational Technology - Impact on Teaching & Learning

• Graves, K.E., & Bowers, A.J. (2018). Toward a typology of technology-using teachers in the "new digital divide": A latent class analysis (LCA) of the NCES Fast Response Survey System Teachers' Use of Educational Technology in U.S. Public Schools, 2009 (FRSS 95). Teachers College Record, 120(8): 1-42. [abstract]

Learning & Teaching Styles/Strategies

• Nancekivell, S.E., Shah, P., & Gelman, S.A. (2019). Maybe they're born with it, or maybe it's experience: Toward a deeper understanding of the learning style myth. Journal of Educational Psychology.
• Related article: Gander, K. (30 May 2019). Children aren't born with learning styles, scientists warn. Newsweek.

Racism/Racist Incidents

• (2019). Separate and still unequal: Race in America's schools. Educational Leadership, 76(7).

School Facilities

• Foster, K.R. (2019). Is Wi-Fi a health threat in schools? Education Next, 19(3).

Student Evaluation

• DeLuca, C., Cheng, L., & Volante, L. (2019). Grading across Canada. Education Canada, 59(1).

Teacher Education

• (2018) AJER special issue on the impact of neoliberalism on teacher education in Canada. V. 64, No. 4.

Teacher Effectiveness

• Goodwin, B., & Slotnik, W.J. (2019). Debunking the myth of the teacher performance plateau. Phi Delta Kappan, 100(7): 56-61.

Teacher Unions

• Baron, E.J. (2019). Union reform, performance pay, and new teacher supply: Evidence from Wisconsin's Act 10.
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• Brunner, E., Hyman, J., & Ju, A. (2019). School finance reforms, teachers' unions, and the allocation of school resources. The Review of Economics and Statistics. Accepted for publication. [abstract]
• Related article: Barnum, M. (15 Apr. 2019). Are teachers unions helping or hurting schools? Here's what the newest research tells us. Chalkbeat.

Testing - Canada

• Kocay, V.G. (2019). Evaluating best practices in large-scale assessment. Education Canada, 59(1).

Unions>

• Canadian Foundation for Labour Rights (CFLR) & the Canadian Labour Institute for Social and Economic Fairness (CLI). (2019). Brave new world: Fundamental labour rights in the Charter era.

21st Century Learning

• Barnum, M. (2018, Dec. 20). Could the forces that fought the Common Core bring down personalized learning?Chalkbeat.

Aboriginal Education

• Hansen, J. (2018). Cree elders' perspectives on land-based education: A case study. Brock Education Journal, 28(1): 74-91.
• Stagg Peterson, S., et al. (2018). Infusing Indigenous knowledge and epistemologies: Learning from teachers in northern Aboriginal Head Start classrooms. McGill Journal of Education, 53(1): 26-46.

Assessment for Learning

• Fu, H., Hopper, T., & Sanford, K. (2018). New BC curriculum and communicating student learning in an age of assessment for learning. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 64(3): 264-286.
• Tate, E. (2018, Dec. 10). Is assessment ready to move beyond standardized tests? These MIT researchers think so. EdSurge.

Brain Research

• Heller, R. (2018/19). What we know (and think we know) about the learning brain: An interview with Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa. Phi Delta Kappan, 100(4): 49-53.

Child & Adolescent Health/Development

• Copeland, W.E., et al. (2018). Association of childhood trauma exposure with adult psychiatric disorders and functional outcomes. JAMA Network Open, 1(7).
• Related article: Should childhood trauma be treated as a public health crisis? NPR, November 9, 2018.
• Paruthi, S., et al. (2018). Recommended amount of sleep for pediatric populations: A consensus statement of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 12(6): 785-786.

Discipline

• Janzen, M.D., & Schwartz, K. (2018). Behaving badly: Critiquing the discourses of "children" and their (mis)behaviours. McGill Journal of Education, 53(1): 109-127.

Education Funding

• Antony-Newman, M. (2018). Fundraising and fees in Ontario's schools. Toronto: People for Education.

Education - Ontario

• Hart, D., & Kempf, A. (2018). Public attitudes toward education in Ontario 2018: The 20th OISE survey of educational issues. Toronto: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto.
• People for Education. (2018). The new basics for public education: People for Education Annual report on Ontario's publicly funded schools 2018. Toronto: People for Education.

Educational Leadership

• Stout, R.M., & Cumming-Potvin, W. (2017). Torch bearer, weary juggler, and heckler: Representations of teacher leadership. McGill Journal of Education, 52(3): 637-656.

Gender Equity

• Andrus, S., Jacobs, C., & Kuriloff, P. (2018). Miles to go: The continuing quest for gender equity in the classroom. Kappan, 100(2): 46-50.
• Girl Guides of Canada. (2018). Sexism, feminism & equality: What teens in Canada really think.

Homophobia/Heterosexism - Youth

• Blackburn, M.V., & Pennell, S.M. (2018). Teaching students to question assumptions about gender and sexuality. Kappan, 100(2): 27-31.
• Lowry, R., et al. (2018). Nonconforming gender expression and associated mental distress and substance use among high school students. JAMA Pediatrics. Published online 24 Sept. 2018.
• Mangin, M. (2018). Supporting transgender and gender-expansive children in school. Kappan, 100(2): 16-21.
• Penney, N. (2018). Creating a gender inclusive school culture. CTF Perspectives, December 2018.

Learning Resources

• National Center for Education Statistics. (2018). Public school teacher spending on classroom supplies. U.S. Department of Education.

Professional Development

• Ahn, R., Shimojima, Y., Mori, H., & Asanuma, S. (2018/2019). Japan's innovative approach to professional learning. Phi Delta Kappan, 100(4): 49-53.
• Osmond-Johnson, P., Zeichner, K., & Campbell, C. (2017). The state of educators' professional learning in Alberta. Oxford, OH: Learning Forward.

Public Education Advocacy

• Pianta, R.C., & Ansari, A. (2018). Does attendance in private schools predict student outcomes at age 15? Evidence from a longitudinal study. Educational Researcher, 47(7): 419-434.

Sex Education

• Grace, A.P. (2018). Alberta bounded: Comprehensive sexual health education, parentism, and gaps in provincial legislation and educational policy. Canadian Journal of Education, 41(2): 472-497.

Social Emotional Learning

• Aspen Institute National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development. (2018). From a nation at risk to a nation at hope: Recommendations from the National Commission on Social, Emotional, & Academic Development. The Aspen Institute.
• Goodwin, B. (2018). Research Matters/SEL: Getting the 'other stuff' right. Educational Leadership, 76(2): 78-79.
• Mahoney, J.L., Durlak, J.A., & Weissberg, R.P. (2018/2019). An update on social and emotional learning outcome research. Phi Delta Kappan, 100(4): 18-23.
• McKibben, S. (2018). Grit and the greater good: A conversation with Angela Duckworth. Educational Leadership, 76(2): 40-45.

Students at Risk

• Louie, D. (2018). Sexual exploitation prevention education for Indigenous girls. Canadian Journal of Education, 41(2): 633-663.

Teacher Unions

• Karp, S., & Sanchez, A. (2018). The 2018 wave of teacher strikes. Rethinking Schools, 32(4).
• Peterson, B. (2018). Transforming teacher unions in a post-Janus world. Rethinking Schools, 32(4).

Teacher Workload

• Beck, J.L. (2017). The weight of a heavy hour: Understanding teacher experiences of work intensification. McGill Journal of Education, 52(3): 617-636.

Testing - U.S.

• Heissel, J.A., Adam, E.K., Doleac, J.L., Figlio, D.N., & Meer, J. (2018). Testing, stress, and performance: How students respond physiologically to high-stakes testing.
• Related article: Barnum, M. (2018, Dec. 13). How the stress of state testing might make it harder for some students to show what they know. Chalkbeat.

• Gallagher, T.L., & Rowsell, J. (2017). Untangling binaries: Where Canada sits in the "21st century debate." McGill Journal of Education, 52(2): 383-408.

Ability Grouping/Tracking/Streaming  

• Mazenod, A., et al. (2018). Nurturing learning or encouraging dependency? Teacher constructions of students in lower attainment groups in English secondary schools. Cambridge Journal of Education. Published online 22 Mar. 2018.
• Related: Russell, D. (2018, Mar. 27). The negative effects of ability grouping. Teacher [Australian Council for Educational Research].

Arts Education  

• People for Education. (2018). Arts education. Toronto: People for Education.

Child & Adolescent Health/Development  

• Kempf, A. (2018). The challenges of measuring wellbeing in schools. A review prepared for the Ontario Teachers' Federation.

Inclusion  

• Njie, A., Shea, S., & Williams, M. (2018). Students first: Inclusive education that supports teaching, learning, and the success of all Nova Scotia students. Report of the Commission on Inclusive Education.

School Day/Week/Year  

• Fischer, S., & Argyle, D. (2018). Juvenile crime and the four-day school week. Economics of Education Review. [abstract only]
• Related: Barnum, M. (2018, Apr. 2). Four-day school weeks, a nationwide symptom of tight budgets, lead to more youth crime, study finds. Chalkbeat.

Self-Regulation  

• Pandey, A., et al. (2018). Effectiveness of universal self-regulation-based interventions in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Pediatrics. Published online April 16, 2018.

Teacher Effectiveness  

• Holmes, J., Berliner, D.C., Koerner, M.E., Piepgrass, N., & Valcarcel, C. (2018, Mar. 28). Is the teaching profession dominated by bad teachers? How would we know? Teachers College Record.

Teacher Stress/Wellness  

• Herman, K.C., Hickmon-Rosa, J., & Reinke, W.M. (2018). Empirically derived profiles of teacher stress, burnout, self-efficacy, and coping and associated student outcomes. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 20(2): 90-100. [abstract only]

Teaching as a Profession

• Education International. (2017, Sept. 22). Understanding teacher identity in the 21st century.
• Country overview poster - Teacher Identities and Professionalism Research - Ontario

Testing - Canada  

• OTF. (2017). More than dots on a chart: Setting a new course for assessment in Ontario. A position paper of the Ontario Teachers' Federation.

• Patrick, S., Worthen, M., Frost, D., & Truong, N. (2017). Current to future state: Issues and action steps for state policy to support personalized, competency-based learning. iNACOL.

Education - British Columbia

• Larson, L. (2017). Report on rural education (draft). B.C. Ministry of Education.

• The Minister's Task Force on Immediate Recruitment and Retention Challenges. (2017). Full report. B.C. Ministry of Education.

Homophobia/Heterosexism - Youth

• Peter, T., Taylor, C., & Edkins, T. (2017). A call for "trans-action": The role of enacted stigma in mediating the relationship between school climate and school attachment among gender minority students. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 63(4): 328-343.

Privatization - Fundraising

• People for Education. (2018). Fundraising and fees in Ontario's schools. Toronto: People for Education.

Teacher Effectiveness

• OECD. (2018). What does teaching look like? A new video study. Teaching in Focus, No. 20. Paris: OECD Publishing.

Violence/Teachers

• Huang, F.L., Eddy, C.L., & Camp, E. (2017). The role of the perceptions of school climate and teacher victimization by students. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. First published online July 27, 2017. [abstract only]

• Herold, B. (2017, Nov. 7). The case(s)against personalized learning. Education Week, 37(12): 4-5.

Aboriginal Education

• OECD. (2017). Promising practices in supporting success for indigenous students. Paris: OECD Publishing.
• Stavrou, S.G., & Miller, D. (2017). Miscalculations: Decolonizing and anti-oppressive discourses in Indigenous mathematics education. Canadian Journal of Education, 40(3): 92-122.

Academic Achievement

• Da Silva, T.L., Zakzanis, K., Henderson, J., & Ravindran, A.V. (2017). Predictors of post-secondary academic outcomes among local-born, immigrant, and international students in Canada: A retrospective analysis. Canadian Journal of Education, 40(4): 543-575.
• Dietrichson, J., et al. (2017). Academic interventions for elementary and middle school students with low socioeconomic status: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Review of Educational Research, 87(2): 243-282.

Bullying

• Youth Truth Student Survey. (2017). Learning from student voice: What do students tell us about bullying?

Charter Schools

• Andrews, J., & Johnes, R. (2017). Free schools in England. London: Education Policy Institute.

Child & Adolescent Health/Development

• Twenge, J.M., Joiner, T.E., Rogers, M.L., & Martin, G.N. (2017). Increases in depressive symptoms, suicide-related outcomes, and suicide rates among U.S. adolescents after 2010 and links to increased new media screen time. Clinical Psychological Science. First published online 14 Nov. 2017.
• Related article: Tanner, L. (2017, Nov. 14). Rise in teen suicide, social media coincide; is there a link? ABC News.
• UNICEF Office of Research. (2017). Building the future: Children and the sustainable development goals in rich countries. Innocenti Report Card, 14. Innocenti, Florence: UNICEF Office of Research.

Early Childhood Education

• McCoy, D.C., et al. (2017). Impacts of early childhood education on medium- and long-term educational outcomes. Educational Researcher, 46(8): 474-487.

Education Funding

• OECD. (2017). The funding of school education: Connecting resources and learning. Paris: OECD Publishing.

Education - Ontario

• People for Education. (2017). Vital staff beyond teachers.

Educational Indicators - International

• OECD. (2017). Education at a glance 2017: OECD indicators. Paris: OECD Publishing.
• Country Notes: Canada.

Educational Technology

• Roschelle, J., Martin, W., Ahn, J., & Schank, P. (Eds). (2017). Cyberlearning community report: The state of cyberlearning and the future of learning with technology. Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.

Educational Technology - Impact on Teaching & Learning

• The Foundation for Blended and Online Learning. (2017). Teaching with technology: Educators' perspectives and recommendations for successful blended instructional strategies. The Foundation for Blended and Online Learning and Evergreen Educational Group.
• Freeman, A., et al. (2017). NMC/CoSN Horizon Report: 2017 K-12 Edition. Austin, TX: The New Media Consortium.
• Howell, S., & O'Donnell, B. (2017). Digital trends and initiatives in education: The changing landscape for Canadian content. Toronto: Association of Canadian Publishers.

Immigrants - Education/Job Skills

• Volante, L., Klinger, D., Bilgili, O., & Siegel, M. (2017). Making sense of the performance (dis)advantage for immigrant students across Canada. Canadian Journal of Education, 40(3): 329-361.

Inclusion

• Sokal, L., & Sharma, U. (2017). "Do I really need a course to learn to teach students with disabilities? I've been doing it for years." Canadian Journal of Education, 40(4); 739-760.

Public School Closings

• Gaertner, M., & Kirshner, B. (2017). NEPC review: "Lights off: Practice and impact of closing low-performing schools. Boulder, CO: National Education Policy Center.
• Han, C., et al. (2017). Lights off: Practice and impact of closing low-performing schools. Volume I. Stanford, CA: Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO).
• Han, C., et al. (2017). Lights off: Practice and impact of closing low-performing schools. Volume II. Stanford, CA: Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO).

Social Media - Impact on Youth

• Rideout, V. (2017). The Common Sense census: Media use by kids age zero to eight. San Francisco, CA: Common Sense Media.

Teacher Collaboration

• Spillane, J.P., & Shirrell, M. (2018). The schoolhouse network: How school buildings affect teacher collaboration. Education Next, 18(2).

Teacher Effectiveness

• Holdsworth, S., & Maynes, N. (2017). "But what if I fail?" A meta-synthetic study of the conditions supporting teacher innovation. Canadian Journal of Education, 40(4): 665-703.

Teacher Stress/Wellness

• AFT & BATs. (2017). 2017 educator quality of work life survey.
• Ferguson, K., Mang, C., & Frost, L. (2017). Teacher stress and social support usage. Brock Education Journal, 26(2): 62-86.
• Oberle, E., & Schonert-Reichl, K.A. (2016). Stress contagion in the classroom? The link between classroom teacher burnout and morning cortisol in elementary school students. Social Science & Medicine, 159: 30-37.
• Schonert-Reichl, K.A., Kitil, M.J., & Hanson-Peterson, J. (2017). To reach the students, teach the teachers: A national scan of teacher preparation and social & emotional learning. A report prepared for the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL). Vancouver, B.C.: University of British Columbia.

Violence/Teachers

• OECTA. (2017). Safer schools for all: Addressing violence and harassment against teachers. Toronto: Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association.

• Pane, J.F., et al. (2017). Informing progress: Insights on personalized learning implementation and effects. Rand Corporation.
• Related article: Herold, B. (2017, July 11). Personalized learning: Modest gains, big challenges, RAND study finds.Digital Education [Education Week blog].
• Spiller, P. (2017, May 29). Could subjects soon be a thing of the past in Finland? BBC News.  

Aboriginal Education

• Milne, E. (2017). Implementing indigenous education policy directives in Ontario public schools: Experiences, challenges and successful practices. The International Indigenous Policy Journal, 8(3), article 2.
• Related article: (2017, Aug. 20). Teachers lack confidence to talk about residential schools, study says. CBC News.

Bullying

• Waasdorp, T.E., Pas, E.T., Zablotsky, B., & Bradshaw, C.P. (2017). Ten-year trends in bullying and related attitudes among 4th- to 12th-graders. Pediatrics, 139(6).
• Related article: Kamenetz, A. (2017, Mar. 11). School bullying is down. Why don't students believe it? NPR.

Child and Adolescent Health/Development

• Breslau, J., et al. (2017). Sex differences in recent first-onset depression in an epidemiological sample of adolescents. Translational Psychiatry, 7.
• Related article: Cha, A.E. (2017, May 31). More than a third of teenage girls experience depression, new study says. The Washington Post.

Educational Indicators - International

• Stewart, W. (2016, Nov. 25). Education rankings: Hitting a home run or swing and a miss? Times Educational Supplement.

Educational Technology - Impact on Teaching & Learning

• Bolstad, R. (2017). Digital technologies for learning: Findings from the NZCER national survey or primary and intermediate schools 2016. Wellington: New Zealand Council for Educational Research.

Homophobia/Heterosexism

• Mulcahy, M., Dalton, S., Kolbert, J., & Crothers, L. (2016). Informal mentoring for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students. The Journal of Educational Research, 109(4): 405-412.

Kindergarten

• Alphonso, C. (2017, Aug. 9). Ontario children gain learning benefits from full-day kindergarten: Study. The Globe and Mail.

Learning & Teaching Styles/Strategies

• Goodwin, B., & Hein, H. (2017). Research Matters/Learning styles: It's complicated. Educational Leadership, 74(7): 79-80.

Merit Pay

• Pham, L.D., Nguyen, T.D., & Springer, M.G. (2017). Teacher merit pay and student test scores: A meta-analysis. Working paper. Vanderbilt University.

Professional Development

• Campbell, C. (2017). Developing teachers' professional learning: Canadian evidence and experiences in a world of educational improvement. Canadian Journal of Education, 40(2).
• Darling-Hammond, L., Hyler, M.E., & Gardner, M. (2017). Effective teacher professional development. Palo Alto, CA: Learning Policy Institute.
• Related article: Gordon, L. (2017, June 6). Teachers' training needs improvement so students benefit, new report says. EdSource.

School Boards/Districts

• Arnott, K. (2017). Canada's school boards: Fighting to keep the 'public' in public education. Education Today, 29(1): 20-23.

School Meals

• Anderson, M.L., Gallagher, J., & Ramirez Ritchie, E. (2017). School lunch quality and academic performance.
• Related article: Anderson, M.D. (2017, Mar. 22). Do healthy lunches improve student test scores? The Atlantic.

Self-regulation

• Duckor, B. (2017). Got grit? Maybe.... Phi Delta Kappan, 98(7): 61-66.
• Vandevelde, S., Van Keer, H., & Merchie, E. (2017). The challenge of promoting self-regulated learning among primary school children with a low socioeconomic and immigrant background. The Journal of Educational Research, 110(2): 113-139.

Social Emotional Learning

• Taylor, R.D., Oberle, E., Durlak, J.A., & Weissberg, R.P. (2017). Promoting positive youth development through school-based social and emotional learning interventions: A meta-analysis of follow-up effects. Child Development, 88(4): 1156-1171.

Students at Risk

• Nichols, N., et al. (2017). Child welfare and youth homelessness in Canada: A proposal for action. Toronto: Canadian Observatory on Homelessness Press.

Teacher Stress/Wellness

• Kim, J., Youngs, P., & Frank, K. (2017). Burnout contagion: Is it due to early career teachers' social networks or organizational exposure? Teaching and Teacher Education, 66: 250-260. [preview only]

Ability Grouping/Tracking/Streaming

• Bavis, P. (2016). Detracked - and going strong. Phi Delta Kappan, 98(4): 37-42.

Child & Adolescent Health/Development

• Alberta Teachers' Association. (2016). Creating a compassionate classroom.

Cyberbullying

• Hango, D. (2016). Cyberbullying and cyberstalking among Internet users aged 15 to 29 in Canada. Insights on Canadian Society. December. Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 75-006-X.

Educational Indicators - International

• Berliner, D.C. (2015). The many facets of PISA. Teachers College Record, 117(1): 1-20.

Gender Equity

• Bian, L., Leslie, S.-J., & Cimpian, A. (2017). Gender stereotypes about intellectual ability emerge early and influence children's interests. Science, 355(6323): 389-391.
• Related story: Yong, E. (2017, Jan. 26). 6-year-old girls already have gendered beliefs about intelligence. The Atlantic.

Homophobia/Heterosexism - Youth

• Doull, M., et al. (2016). Are we leveling the playing field? Trends and disparities in sports participation among sexual minority youth in Canada. Journal of Sport and Health Science.
• Thoreson, R. (2016). "Like walking through a hailstorm": Discrimination against LGBT youth in US schools. Human Rights Watch.

Inclusion

• Kauffman, J.M., & Badar, J. (2016). It's instruction over place - not the other way around! Phi Delta Kappan, 98(4): 55-59.

Professional Autonomy

• Costello, M., & Costello, D. (2016). The struggle for teacher professionalism in a mandated literacy curriculum. McGill Journal of Education, 51(2): 833-856.

Professional Development

• Brown, S., Hales, A., Kuehn, L., & Steffensen, K. (2016). The state of educators' professional learning in British Columbia: Executive summary. Oxford, OH: Learning Forward.
• Campbell, C., et al. (2016). The state of educators' professional learning in Canada. Oxford, OH: Learning Forward.
• Fullan, M., & Hargreaves, A. (2016). Bringing the profession back in: Call to action. Oxford, OH: Learning Forward.
• Kennedy, M.M. (2016). How does professional learning improve teaching? Review of Educational Research, 86(4): 945-980.
• Kyndt, E., Gijbels, D., Grosemans, I., & Donche, V. (2016). Teachers' everyday professional development: Mapping informal learning activities, antecedents, and learning outcomes. Review of Educational Research, 86(4): 1111-1150.

Professional Learning Communities

• Easton, L.B. (2016). Strategic accountability is key to making PLCs effective. Phi Delta Kappan, 98(4): 43-48.

School Day/Year/Week

• Browne, D. (2016). Summer learning that sticks. Phi Delta Kappan, 98(4): 15-20.
• Hill, P.T., & Heyward, G. (2017, Mar. 3). A troubling contagion: The rural 4-day school week. Brown Center Chalkboard [Brookings blog].
• Hill, P.T., & Heyward, G. (2015). The four-day school week in rural Idaho schools. Rural Opportunities Consortium of Idaho.
• Related article: Glatter, H. (2017, Mar. 20). What if students only went to school four days a week? The Atlantic.
• Magaña, A., Saab, M., & Svoboda, V. (2016). More time for learning. Phi Delta Kappan, 98(4): 26-30.
• Wahlstrom, K.L. (2016). <"a href="http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0031721716681770" target="_blank">Later start time for teens improves grades, mood, and safety. Phi Delta Kappan, 98(4): 8-14.

Teacher Collaboration

• Goddard, Y.L., Goddard, R.D., & Tschannen-Moran, M. (2007). A theoretical and empirical investigation of teacher collaboration for school improvement and student achievement in public elementary schools. Teachers College Record, 109(4): 877-896.

Teacher Education

• Perlaza, A.M., & Tardif, M. (2016). Pan-Canadian perspectives on teacher education: The state of the art in comparative research. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 62(2): 199-219.

Teacher Recruitment & Retention

• Klein, R. (2016, Nov. 29). Pushing back against teacher attrition. Teachers College Record.

Teacher Workload

• Merritt, E.G. (2016). Time for teacher learning, planning critical for school reform. Phi Delta Kappan, 98(4): 31-36.

Teaching & Learning Conditions

• Banerjee, N., Stearns, E., Moller, S., & Mickelson, R.A. (2017). Teacher job satisfaction and student achievement: The roles of teacher professional community and teacher collaboration in schools. American Journal of Education, 123(2). [abstract only]
• Related article: Will, M. (2017, Feb. 16). Study: Teacher satisfaction, collaboration are keys to student achievement. Teaching Now [Education Week blog].

Testing - U.S.

• Sternberg, R.J. (2016). Testing for better and worse. Phi Delta Kappan, 98(4): 66-71.

Vouchers

• Carnoy, M. (2017). School vouchers are not a proven strategy for improving student achievement. Washington, D.C.: Economic Policy Institute.