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Child welfare does important work
NationalPost.com – Full Comment – Counterpoint: Child welfare does important work
Posted: June 19, 2009. By Raymond LeMay
Child welfare organizations do important work and have broad powers, suggesting the need for scrutiny and debate. Unfortunately, in the article “Children’s Aid Society workers should be reined in, critics say,” (June 13) the National Post failed to fully present both sides of the argument.
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Early learning is the path to prosperity
TheGlobeandMail.com – Web-exclusive commentary – Early learning is the path to prosperity: As a small nation, our ability to compete hinges on skill and innovation. That starts with early-childhood education
Friday, Jun. 19, 2009. Margaret Norrie McCain and Paul Martin
Charles Pascal’s report to Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, which contains recommendations that lay the foundation for a universal prenatal-to-age-12 child-and-family system, truly sets a new benchmark for Canada.
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TDSB on board with full-day early learning
TheStar.com – Opinion/letter – TDSB on board with full-day early learning
June 17, 2009
We wholeheartedly support the findings of Dr. Charles Pascal’s report, With Our Best Future in Mind.
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Get the fees out of high schools
TheStar.com – Opinion – Get the fees out of high schools
June 16, 2009. Jonathan Scott, Director of policy for the Ontario Student Trustees’ Association
It’s the hidden costs that kill. We work so hard to find the deal, finding the best and the cheapest cellphone, only to learn about the system-access fee. We invest in education, making it the best and the cheapest, only to learn about student-activity fees.
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Full-day learning deserves support
TheStar.com – Opinion/Editorial – Full-day learning deserves support
June 16, 2009
For Ontario to have the prosperous future we all want, we need all our children to have the best possible start in life. Yet, more than one quarter of our children arrive in Grade 1 significantly behind their peers, and evidence shows they never catch up.
No one’s life should be predetermined at such a young age.
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Opportunity to transform early learning in Ontario
TheStar.com – Opinion – Opportunity to transform early learning in Ontario: Evidence supports Pascal’s blueprint for an integrated approach for children under 6
June 16, 2009. Jim Grieve, Director of Education, Peel District School Board
Bill Hogarth, Director of Education, York Region District School Board
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Full-day kindergarten comes into play
TheGlobeandMail.com – National – Full-day kindergarten comes into play: McGuinty proposes ambitious plan to put Ontario’s four- and five-year-olds under the same roof all day – at a cost of $1-billion
Tuesday, Jun. 16, 2009. Caroline Alphonso, Dakshana Bascaramurty and Dawn Walton
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty’s self-proclaimed role as the education premier will be tested as he embarks on an integrated full-day kindergarten and childcare program with the province facing a mounting deficit and opposition from the country’s largest teachers’ union.
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All-day kindergarten is not the magic bullet
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions – All-day kindergarten is not the magic bullet: The benefits of early childhood education are less than advocates claim
Jun. 15, 2009. Margaret Wente
Who could possibly argue against more kindergarten for our kids? Not me. You might as well denounce apple sauce and motherhood. Kindergarten is a lot of fun, not to mention a safe, convenient place for mom and dad to stash the kids while they go to work.
But is all-day kindergarten the panacea for all our social ills?
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All-day kindergarten ideal for children, Ontario report says
TheGlobeandMail.com – National – All-day kindergarten ideal for children, Ontario report says: Calling for blanket reforms to early education, policy could become national model
Monday, Jun. 15, 2009. Joe Friesen
All-day kindergarten and seamless, school-centred childcare for four and five-year-olds are the recommendations of a proposed new education policy that could herald a sea change in Ontario’s approach to child development, one that could become a national model.
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Full-day learning starts next year [blending kindergarten and daycare for children aged 4 and 5]
TheStar.com – news/parentcentral.ca – EARLY LEARNING: Full-day learning starts next year: McGuinty to back education blueprint blending kindergarten and daycare for children aged 4 and 5
June 15, 2009. Laurie Monsebraaten, Kristin Rushowy
Premier Dalton McGuinty today will announce full-day learning for 4- and 5-year-olds starting next year, based on a provincial adviser’s $1 billion plan that would see elementary schools become year-round hubs for children from birth to age 12.
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