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Beyhan Farhadi

Beyhan Farhadi is a postdoctoral researcher in the Faculty of Education at York University, currently studying the relationship between education policy, online learning, and equity during COVID-19. She is also a secondary teacher at the Toronto District School Board, with a decade of online teaching experience. Her research and teaching practice intersect with her advocacy for a fully-funded public education system. Beyhan is also a CCPA-Ontario Research Associate.

Beyhan Farhadi's articles

May 27, 2022

Online learning means classroom cuts—no matter what students do

Four years of austerity has weakened Ontario’s public education system. COVID-19 and online learning deepen educational inequalities.

January 7, 2022

Education in crisis

COVID-19 edition

September 9, 2021

Failed Screen Test: Hybrid learning and the misuse of online education in Ontario

Districts confronting a third year of disruption, with a mandate to deliver full-time online education, are normalizing the pandemic hybrid model.

November 5, 2020

Concurrent classrooms are a failed response to COVID-19 pressures

June 7, 2019

Technology for good? 5 things to know about e-learning in Ontario

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