Today’s episode is the second in our series on bright spots in K-12 education. In the previous episode, I talked to Karen Vaites about the “southern surge” successes of Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Alabama in K-12 reading.
In this episode, I talk to Canadian educator and researcher Paul Bennett about the success story of Quebec in K-12 math. Quebec has consistently led North America in K-12 math outcomes. What is behind that success and what can school systems in other places learn from it?
Paul Bennett is one of Canada’s leading thinkers on K-12 education. He is founder of Schoolhouse Consulting, and Director and Lead Researcher of the Schoolhouse Institute. He is also Chair of researchED Canada, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, and Adjunct Professor at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is the author of many reports and articles, as well as the 2020 book The State of the System: A reality check on Canada’s schools. Before becoming a researcher, he had a 35-year career as a teacher, vice-principal, headmaster, and elected school board trustee in some of the top schools in Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia.
To follow Paul’s work, you can find him on X here, and you can follow his popular blog, Educhatter, here.
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