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Street kids’ toughness only skin deep [homelessness]
TheStar.com – Opinion/Comment – Street kids’ toughness only skin deep
Published On Mon Nov 23 2009. By Carol Goar Editorial Board
A young, able-bodied panhandler asks you for spare change. Unless you’re remarkably non-judgmental, your first thought is: Why doesn’t this kid get a job or go to school or at least do something useful?
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Corporatized universities devalue education
TheStar.com – Opinion – Corporatized universities devalue education
Published On Sun Nov 15 2009. Howard Woodhouse
Governments, corporations and most university administrators regard Canadian universities as “engines of economic growth.” Their function is no longer the search for truth, but to increase global competitiveness.
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Ontario trails in education spending study
TheStar.com – News/parentcentral.ca – Ontario trails in education spending study
November 05, 2009. Kristin Rushowy, Education Reporter
Ontario ranks near the bottom in education spending per student compared to other provinces and most U.S. states, says a study being released Thursday by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
And school boards have been raising an “astonishing” $538 million a year – or 3 per cent of their operating costs – through fundraising to help fill in the gap, says the study by economist and research associate Hugh Mackenzie.
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Don’t trust the feds with higher education
NationalPost.com – Full Comment – Don’t trust the feds with higher education
Posted: November 03, 2009. Kim Richard Nossal
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7 brain myths
TheStar.com – AtkinsinSeries – 7 brain myths
Published On Oct 31 2009
One thing neuroscientists hate is the way some of their findings get misinterpreted and then widely publicized. Especially when businesses pounce on them, skew the ideas still further and sell them to parents, teachers and school boards as the latest innovation from science.
Some neuroscientists have gone so far as to warn consumers about so-called “brain-based” products promising to make their children into geniuses.
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How schools get it wrong
TheStar.com – AtkinsonSeries – How schools get it wrong: We’ve made quantum leaps in understanding children’s developing brains. So why are classrooms still organized like last century’s assembly lines?
October 31, 2009. Alanna Mitchell
The teachers already knew that the girl in Grade 5 had problem parents. In fact, secretly, they called it the “PITA” family: pain in the arse.
But when the 10-year-old’s year-end social studies project came in on letterhead from a public relations agency that her father had hired to do the assignment, it still shocked them.
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Brains – the secret to better schools: The neuroeducation movement
TheStar.com – AtkinsonSeries – Brains: the secret to better schools: The neuroeducation movement could transform classrooms – and make kids smarter
October 31, 2009. Alanna Mitchell
French neuroscientist Bruno della Chiesa met with his country’s education minister in Paris to talk about the groundbreaking international movement to link the fields of teaching and brain science.
“The brain?” asked the minister. “What does the brain have to do with education?”
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All-day kindergarten doesn’t make sense
NationalPost.com – Opinions – All-day kindergarten doesn’t make sense
Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009. National Post
Given Ontario’s massive deficit, why is Premier Dalton McGuinty focused on imposing an expensive, full-day kindergarten program on the province?
Cynics will say that the project is about burnishing his legacy, about leaving future generations of Ontarians something more than red ink. He’s practically said as much, suggesting that once his kindergarten program was passed, “I find it hard to see somebody seeking to undo [it].”
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The right move on early learning
TheStar.com – Opinion/Editorials – The right move on early learning
Published On Wed Oct 28 2009
Starting next September, Ontario’s first wave of kindergarten kids will benefit from a full day of learning because Premier Dalton McGuinty stuck to his promise – despite the economic downturn.
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