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One vision of tomorrow’s college: Cheap, and you get an education, not a degree
The international learning communities that develop in the virtual education world will have enormous advantages of scale. They will be inexpensive and at certain levels of access, entirely free. Millions of people simultaneously enrolled in a course of study will create data that is analyzable at great depths of sophistication. In addition to customizing the environment for each learner, in a way that reacts to what they bring to the environment and how they proceed to learn, educational designers will also be able to shape the way students interact with one another,
Tags: economy, ideology, participation
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‘Work-integrated learning’ should replace unpaid internships
… co-ops, internships, field placements, and others – can improve the “fit” between education and employment and help students achieve their long-term career goals. They are particularly valuable to connect disadvantaged youth to the labour market, and enable new immigrants to gain Canadian experience. They also offer significant benefits to employers, providing a ready-made talent pool for recruitment efforts, and strengthening connections with post-secondary institutions.
Tags: economy, ideology, participation, poverty, rights, standard of living, youth
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Harris-Era Hangovers
CCPA Research… gives an overview of the chronic underfunding that school boards across Ontario, but Toronto in particular, have been struggling to deal with for almost two decades. Until the province deals with the flawed nature of the funding formula itself, Mackenzie predicts more headaches for Ontario school boards.
Tags: budget, ideology, tax
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Applauding Premier Wynne’s initiative to teach children emotional intelligence
… emotional intelligence can be learned. Researchers… have developed specific programs to teach social skills, such as reading facial expressions. If reinforced early, repeatedly and consistently, these skills can become second nature — and transform a child’s life… in the area of emotional intelligence… The work done with our children can help all kids treat each other with respect, throughout their lives
Tags: child care, disabilities, mental Health, standard of living
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Ontario promises to increase student aid by rate of inflation
Some 330,000 college and university students across Ontario receive financial aid jointly from Ottawa and Queen’s Park, but the most a typical single student has been eligible to borrow has been capped at $12,240 annually since 2010… Unlike the current rules, which require such a student to repay the entire student debt before getting a fresh loan, the new program will let them earn their way back into good standing by making a show of good faith over six months, by paying back the outstanding interest from missed payments plus a portion of the principle, and then returning to a more gentle repayment plan.
Tags: budget, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Catholic school boards can’t be wished away just yet
Amalgamation, consolidation or elimination is an idea whose time hasn’t come — yet… Clearly, if one were redesigning an education system from scratch, there’s no question that separate school boards make no sense as public policy. But that’s not the question. Today’s challenge is how to dismantle, delicately, what we have inherited — how to liberate the laity from Catholic constraints, and how to spare the rest of the expense.
Tags: budget, ideology, rights, tax, youth
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Toronto children need more prosperity, not more charity
… fully 29 per cent of children in this city live in poverty… Typically, the response, public and private, is to focus on programs that deal with the symptoms of poverty rather than its sources… Ottawa has abandoned the poor and the cost of poverty to local governments, which don’t have the means to deal with either… That’s because cities have little control over economic matters… Meanwhile, the Conservative government boasts of its impending surplus. This is pure illusion; the deficit hasn’t gone away, it’s been dumped on Canada’s cities.
Tags: budget, economy, featured, ideology, jurisdiction, poverty, standard of living
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Literacy, numeracy among Canadian graduates better than OECD claimed
… About half of [Canada’s high proportion of graduates who are foreign-born or have degrees from institutions outside the country] had test scores at lower levels. In contrast, only 16 per cent of Canadian-born graduates showed poor literacy skills and 23 per cent had low levels of numeracy. The new data give postsecondary institutions much-needed ammunition against critics who are questioning whether graduates are leaving university ready for employment.
Tags: globalization, immigration, multiculturalism, participation, standard of living, youth
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Public funds shouldn’t pay for Catholic schools in secular Ontario
From a principled perspective… it simply does not make sense to continue singling out a sole religion for public support… Sorbara, a Catholic himself… is now pressing for Ontario to follow the lead of Quebec and Newfoundland… Within a secular context, it is easy to imagine an Ontario curriculum embedded with a comparative “beliefs” opportunity for building understanding and empathy regarding different religions. Strengthening a collective “commons” by fostering deeper respect for our differences is the right pathway.
Tags: budget, featured, ideology, multiculturalism, rights, tax, youth
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This is the path of innovation
In fact, there is no choice to be made between basic research, which is driven by curiosity, and applied research, which is driven by need. Foundational research is how applied scientific discoveries get started, and universities cannot encourage innovation without fostering excellent basic research… To say that foundational research is indispensable for scientific breakthroughs is fully compatible with promoting innovation.
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, privatization, standard of living
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