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Sensible changes for kindergarten
TheStar.com – Opinion/Editorial – Sensible changes for kindergarten
Published On Sun Jan 17 2010
Our education bureaucracy is set in its ways. So it takes political fortitude to rethink how we educate 4- and 5-year-olds and require schools to meet the needs of modern families. It takes even more to do it when it means introducing a $1.5 billion program while the province is facing a huge deficit.
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Boards prep for kindergarten rush
TheStar.com – Ontario/Parentcentral.ca – Boards prep for kindergarten rush
January 13, 2010. Kristin Rushowy, Rob Ferguson
Let the registrations begin.
Now that boards across the province know which schools will offer full-day kindergarten this fall, some are turning their attention to how to handle the expected surge in demand for the new program that could save working parents thousands a year in daycare costs for their 4- and 5-year-olds.
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Conservatives kill funding for learning organization
TheGlobeandMail.com – News – Conservatives kill funding for learning organization: Canadian Council on Learning informed that it won’t receive any more money, plans to continue operations
Published on Friday, Jan. 08, 2010. Jill Mahoney
The federal government will end funding for the Canadian Council on Learning, an organization established by a previous Liberal government to promote lifelong learning.
CCL told staff Thursday that it had received notice from Human Resources and Social Development that it would not receive federal support past March 31.
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Underfunding shortchanges students
TheStar.com – Opinions/Comment – Underfunding shortchanges students
Mark Langer President of the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations
Published On Wed Dec 02 2009
In the recently published book, Academic Transformation: The Forces Shaping Higher Education in Ontario, co-authored by Ian D. Clark, Greg Moran, Michael L. Skolnik and David Trick, the authors argue that the current model of university education in Ontario is “unsustainable.”
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Do not abandon early learning idea
TheStar.com – Opinion/editorial – Do not abandon early learning idea
Published On Sun Nov 29 2009
Critics of Ontario’s plan to offer full-day kindergarten to all 4- and 5-year-olds have landed on the beguiling idea that we’d all be better off if the government simply gave parents the money instead.
“Parents could receive a minimum of $9,199 dollars per child, annually,” argues the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada, a group dedicated to supporting “mom-and-dad marriage and family life.”
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Bridging prosperity gap
TheStar.com – Opinion/editorial – Bridging prosperity gap
Published On Wed Nov 25 2009
Ontario’s economy may still be mired in a recession, or it may be rebounding. As a third option, there may be a W-shaped recovery underway, with a rebound followed by another fall back into recession. It all depends on which economist one asks.
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The high cost of early learning
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions – The high cost of early learning: Ontario can’t afford its all-day kindergarten plan – better to let parents keep the money Published on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Last updated on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Andrea Mrozek
When Ontario’s Finance Minister announced last month that the provincial deficit would be substantially higher than predicted, it was followed up by talk of restraint. “We will change how we do business in this province,” he said. “We are becoming an even leaner and even more efficient provider of quality public services.”
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Immigrants trail on wages and jobs
TheStar.com – Business – Immigrants trail on wages and jobs
Published On Tue Nov 24 2009. Madhavi Acharya-Tom Yew Business Reporter
Immigrants face lower wages and are more likely than Canadian-born workers to be forced into temporary or part-time jobs, according to a new study.
The report from Statistics Canada, made public Monday, also found newcomers tend to end up in jobs for which they are overqualified.
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