Paul W. Bennet, Ed.D., is a Halifax author, education policy researcher, and well-known news commentator. He is director of Schoolhouse Institute, Halifax, founding Chair of researchED Canada, and the author of nine books, including Canada: A North American Nation, Vanishing Schools, Threatened Communities, and The Last Stand: Schools, Communities and the Future of Rural Nova Scotia. His blog, Educhatter, was honoured in 2018 with the Gold Medal as Top Education Blog in Canada.