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ADHD study ties brain proteins to symptoms
TheGlobeandMail.com – Life – ADHD study ties brain proteins to symptoms
Sep. 12, 2009. Zosia Bielski
A brain-imaging study by U.S. researchers is providing the first definitive proof that patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have lower-than-normal levels of the proteins that regulate our experiences of motivation and reward.
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Making the case against universality [child care]
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions/Editorial – Making the case against universality: A new report from the OECD undercuts calls for full-day kindergarten and universal child care
Sep. 08, 2009
On the list of timeless political homilies, none is more popular than the one demanding that we spend more on our country’s children. But which children? When? And how much?
Last week an Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development report, titled “Doing Better for Children,” attempted to answer these tough questions.
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Province supports integrated childcare and learning: Minister
TheStar.com – Ontario/parentcentral.ca – Province supports integrated childcare and learning: Minister
September 02, 2009. Laurie Monsebraaten, Social Justice Reporter
Ontario Education Minister Kathleen Wynne says the province supports a plan to turn schools into community hubs for families and children from birth to age 12, as recommended by provincial early learning advisor Charles Pascal.
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Low blow from `top five’ universities
TheStar.com – Opinion – Low blow from `top five’ universities
September 01, 2009. James Turk, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY TEACHERS
There is a fundamental crisis facing all of Canada’s universities and colleges today, and that crisis is chronic underfunding.
Most institutions understand this, as do students and their families, but the point seems to have been lost on the presidents of the so-called “top five” (Toronto, UBC, Alberta, McGill and Montreal).
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Act on full day learning
TheStar.com – Opinion/Editorial – Act on full day learning
August 31, 2009.
When Premier Dalton McGuinty committed to full-day learning for 4- and 5-year-olds he painted a compelling vision: An integrated system to “help our kids succeed in school down the road, save families time and money and free up thousands of licensed child care spaces.”
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Will all-day school be ready for 2010?
TheStar.com – Ontario/parentcentral.ca – Will all-day school be ready for 2010?
August 31, 2009. Laurie Monsebraaten, Social Justice Reporter
Six-year-old Ethan Podolsky can’t wait to start Grade 1 next week and go to school all day for the first time.
And his mother, Elissa, hopes her 3-year-old daughter, Lauren, will also get to spend all day at school when she starts junior kindergarten next year.
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Early learners need teachers
TheStar.com – Opinion – Early learners need teachers
August 28, 2009. Sam Hammond, PRESIDENT OF THE ELEMENTARY TEACHERS’ FEDERATION OF ONTARIO
When Premier Dalton McGuinty campaigned for re-election in 2007 he promised Ontario parents “full-day kindergarten.” Perhaps McGuinty was being casual in his use of words or perhaps he knew, as polls show, that parents and the general public overwhelmingly favour a full-day kindergarten program with a qualified teacher in the classroom.
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No to a second-tier educational model
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions – No to a second-tier educational model: Competition and collaboration are good – why import an intellectual caste system?
Aug. 26, 2009. Roseann O’Reilly Runte
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School test results raise red flag
TheGlobeandMail.com – National – School test results raise red flag: One-third of Ontario’s elementary students not meeting provincial standards in reading, writing and math with many unable to catch up once they fall behind
Aug. 26, 2009. Caroline Alphonso
About one-third of Ontario’s elementary school students are not meeting provincial standards in reading, writing and math – and once they fall behind, many have a hard time catching up, new test results show.
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Teachers and early educators can be classroom partners
TheStar.com – Opinion – Teachers and early educators can be classroom partners: Both roles are needed to deliver high-quality early education to Ontario’s children
August 25, 2009. Rachel Langford, DIRECTOR OF RYERSON UNIVERSITY’S SCHOOL OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
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