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School board management matters
TheStar.com – comment/parentcentral.ca – School board management matters
August 29, 2008. David Johnson
When a sports team performs poorly, the coach is fired. When a new coach joins the same team and wins more games, likely the new coach is the better one.
Can we say the same thing about school board management?
Perhaps. School boards manage schools, and similar schools can perform better or worse, depending on the board.
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Joyless return for native students
TheStar.com – Opinion – Joyless return for native students
August 26, 2008. Colleen Schenk
The first week of school is filled with excitement and anticipation for millions of children as they head back to the classroom. But for First Nations children on reserves, it is blighted by the conditions they will find.
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End the wait on autism
TheStar.com – Opinion/editorial – End the wait on autism
August 24, 2008
Stacy Hayward thought her 4-year-old son’s long wait for autism therapy was finally over. More than 18 months after being diagnosed with the neurological disorder, Branden reached the top of the waiting list earlier this summer and was slated to start intensive behavioural intervention (IBI) in September.
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Mexican children ahead of Canadians, Mustard says
TheStar.com. – ParentCentral.ca – Mexican children ahead of Canadians, Mustard says: Early education expert says Canada doesn’t do enough to support families
July 28, 2008. Kristin Rushowy, Education Reporter
Children in some poorer areas of Mexico are farther ahead in kindergarten than the average Canadian kid, says new research led by renowned expert Dr. Fraser Mustard.
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Kids show way in fight for school
TheStar.com – Opinion – Kids show way in fight for school
July 28, 2008. Carol Goar
It all started in a Grade 6 classroom.
Charlie Angus, MP for the vast northern Ontario riding of Timmins-James Bay, paid a visit to St. Patrick School in Cobalt this spring to tell the students about the children of Attawapiskat, who have no school.
The Cree community has been fighting for eight years to get one. It has been promised a new school by three Indian affairs ministers. But last December, the kids’ hopes were crushed when the current minister, Chuck Strahl, cancelled the planned school.
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The case for year-round schooling
TheStar.com – Opinion – The case for year-round schooling
July 14, 2008. Martin Davey
Two weeks into the school vacation and many parents see a long hot summer stretching out in front of them, beset by cranky kids and teenage tantrums.
For some, a shorter break seems a much better idea and it turns out that education researchers agree.
Experts cite “summer learning loss” as a major problem for North American students, compared with their peers in countries with year-round schooling.
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Substandard schools fail natives
TheStar.com – Opinion – Substandard schools fail natives
July 14, 2008. Carol Goar
Here is a wake-up call, if ever there was one.
The 1996 Canadian census showed that 60 per of aboriginal students living on reserves did not complete high school.
The 2001 census showed no change – a 60 per cent dropout rate.
The 2006 census, released earlier this year, confirmed the dismal pattern. Six out of 10 kids living on reserves didn’t graduate from high school.
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Still seeking answers to alarming on-reserve graduation rates
TheGlobeandMail.com – columns – Still seeking answers to alarming on-reserve graduation rates
July 10, 2008. JEFFREY SIMPSON
Canada has just apologized (again) to aboriginal Canadians for the residential schools system. Whatever its motivations when created, the system is widely regarded today as having been a mistake.
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Market failure and child care
TheStar.com – comment – Market failure and child care
July 09, 2008. Lynell Anderson
Let’s face it – debating whether or not governments should invest in child care is a waste of time. The fact is, they have been investing for years (albeit inadequately) and federal, provincial and territorial governments have made many public commitments about improving access to child-care services. It’s not a question of “if” but of “how much” governments should invest, and how to ensure that public funding results in measurable improvements?
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