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By deewin on October 25, 2011
A Vancouver school board decision to knock down a 100-year-old heritage school is “extremely disappointing,” but ultimately the fault of the provincial government, says a member of a group that has fought for five years to save the building. Trustees voted Monday not to ask the provincial government for additional funding to save General Gordon […]
By epederso on October 21, 2011
Adolescent Literacy and the Teaching of Reading: Lessons for Teachers of LiteratureLet’s face it: in this age of exploding literacies, all teachers of literature should be teachers of reading. Reading is interpreting; interpreting is reading, which is why it’s more crucial than ever to ensure that our students are able to make meaning as they […]
By epederso on October 20, 2011
Five years ago, Richard Reiss, the physical education teacher at Public School 197 in Far Rockaway, Queens, went to the principal with a problem: not even the most athletic among his students, most of whom are poor and black or Latino, had enough endurance to run a mile. The once-a-week physical education classes the school […]
By epederso on October 20, 2011
MUNSTER, Ind. — Laura Norman used to ask her seventh-grade scientists to take out their textbooks and flip to Page Such-and-Such. Now, she tells them to take out their laptops. The day all have seen coming — traditional textbooks being replaced by interactive computer programs — arrived this year in this traditional, well-regarded school district, […]
By epederso on October 19, 2011
Books as bridges : using text to connect home and school learning / Jane Baskwill Based on research that shows that parents play a vital role in raising a reader, Books as Bridges offers an effective and efficient way to use touchstone texts, including children’s picture books, to help create a common reading experience for […]
By epederso on October 18, 2011
Literacy Lessons to Help Kids Get Fit & Healthy In this inspiring, breakthrough book, nationally respected educator and fitness expert Michael F. Opitz together with veteran teacher Jennifer Davis-Duerr share their secrets for combining literacy-rich, ready-to-use lessons with easy-to-implement fitness exercises. You’ll discover how to weave fitness (physical, nutritional, social, and emotional) into your existing […]
By epederso on October 17, 2011
The 120 elementary school children sat so quietly and intently that you might have assumed this was a mass detention period. But it was chess, not confinement, in an Oak Brook hotel ballroom on Columbus Day. And the lessons learned might assist school leaders everywhere, including those attempting a systemwide resuscitation for Rahm Emanuel, Chicago’s […]
By epederso on October 17, 2011
For the ninth consecutive year, UBC Library and the Alma Mater Student Society of UBC are once again running their Food for Fines Campaign. Reduce your library fines by donating non-perishable food items. Each food item donated counts toward $2 in fines, up to a maximum of $30. Donated items will be distributed to the […]
By epederso on October 13, 2011
The Vancouver School District plans to start installing wireless internet service in some schools, despite a warning by the World Health Organization that the signals could be a possible carcinogen. School Board Chair Patti Bacchus said the service is being installed because the district is out of step with an educational technology that is increasingly […]
By deewin on October 12, 2011
In a fresh sign that Canada’s power balance is shifting ever more West, universities in Alberta and British Columbia are outperforming those in Ontario as academia is lured to newer universities that have richer grants and more up-and-coming research stars. “The intellectual centre of gravity of Canada is shifting west much faster than people realize,” […]