As Kelly Gallagher-Mackay and Nancy Steinhauer write in Pushing the Limits, rising to this challenge has not only transformed students — but teachers as well. And in teaching these concepts to her students, Lunney Borden was able to reach them in a new way. The right of Mi’kmaw communities in Nova Scotia to govern their own education system was formally recognized by federal legislation in 1998. In 2016, 87 per cent of Mi’kmaw students in those communities graduated from high school. Excerpted from Pushing the Limits: How Schools Can Prepare Our Children Today for the Challenges of Tomorrow by Kelly Gallagher-Mackay and Nancy Steinhauer.

Source: National Post May 04, 2018 12:02 UTC