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National Post – opinion/editorial
Published: Saturday, March 08, 2008
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Child care must serve kids not corporate shareholders
TheStar.com – comment – Child care must serve kids not corporate shareholders
March 07, 2008
Martha Friendly and Margaret McCain
Last fall, news that an Australian-based child care giant was setting up in Canada shook the early childhood community. The expression of interest from the global group of companies raised fundamental questions about the nature of Canadian child care: Is it a public service or a business venture? Is there room for profit-making in the care and education of our youngest children? Is it time to reconsider who should own and operate child care?
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Reading your way to better health
TheStar.com – comment – Reading your way to better health
March 06, 2008
Roy Romanow
Read every day. The prescription almost seems too simple, yet its potential impact for Canada’s health-care system could be sizable.
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School reading clinics phased out
TheStar.com – GTA – School reading clinics phased out
Educational assistants, aquatic staff among $10 million in cuts debated by board
March 06, 2008
Kristin Rushowy, Education Reporter
Toronto trustees voted to end a cherished program that provides intensive help to 250 struggling readers each year.
The vote late last night means that reading clinics, available in 32 schools, mostly in the old City of Toronto, will phased out in the next school year.
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Education ministers tackle 40% illiteracy rate
TheStar.com – GTA – Education ministers tackle 40% illiteracy rate
Called an economic emergency that harms country’s ability to compete globally
February 27, 2008
Louise Brown, Education Reporter
Education ministers from the 10 provinces and three territories warned that Canada’s 40 per cent illiteracy rate is an economic emergency blocking this country’s ability to compete in global markets.
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Grant program replaces Millennium Scholarships
TheStar.com – Federal Budget – Grant program replaces Millennium Scholarships
Conservatives estimate about 250,000 students to qualify for funding
February 27, 2008
Susan Delacourt, Ottawa Bureau
OTTAWA–The federal Conservative government is setting up a new $350 million Canada Student Grant Program to replace the Millennium Scholarships established by the Liberals nearly a decade ago.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government argues that its new system will be friendlier to students and more respectful of provinces’ constitutional power over education.
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Artfully clever scheme achieves Tories’ goal
TheStar.com – Federal Budget – Artfully clever scheme achieves Tories’ goal
February 27, 2008
Thomas Walkom, NATIONAL AFFAIRS COLUMNIST
OTTAWA–Politically, this is a brilliant budget. It does not do what is needed to protect the country from the recession building up south of the border. But that is not its aim.
What is so clever – so artfully clever – about Finance Minister Jim Flaherty’s budget is that it satisfies both the short-term tactical needs of the governing Conservatives and their long-term ideological goals.
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Province provides $40M for school librarians
TheStar.com – Ontario – Province provides $40M for school librarians
February 14, 2008
THE CANADIAN PRESS
The province is kicking in $40 million over four years so elementary schools across Ontario can hire 160 new librarians, Premier Dalton McGuinty announced today.
McGuinty said it’s important to make sure students develop solid reading skills early on so they can reach their full potential.
“It’s one more thing that we’re doing along the way to improve the quality of learning for Ontario children,” he said before a group of young students at a Mississauga school.
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In schools, bloody photos deliver anti-gang message
TheGlobeandMail.com – national – In schools, bloody photos deliver anti-gang message: Vancouver police bring ‘in-your-face reality’ to elementary kids
February 7, 2008 at 2:25 AM EST
IAN BAILEY
VANCOUVER — In a city where gangs have been linked to a tide of fatal shootings, it’s one thing to tell children that a thug’s lifestyle is a bad idea.
But Vancouver police are doing more than just lecturing.
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University enrolment continues climb
TheGlobe andMail.com – national – University enrolment continues climb
February 7, 2008 at 9:34 AM EST
The Canadian Press
OTTAWA — Enrolment in Canadian universities hit a record high for the fifth straight year during the academic year 2005-06, largely on the strength of foreign students and young adults.
Statistics Canada estimates that 1.05 million students registered for classes, 3 per cent more than in 2004-05.
In a separate study, the federal agency found that a record number of bachelor’s and master’s degrees were awarded in 2005.
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