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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 epederso on September 23, 2011
To help direct your students to their course readings and specific web pages please refer to our help page on “Creating Persistent URLs”. Persistent URLs (PURLS) for web pages, course readings and e-books on their own do not allow the system to authenticate users. This means that your PURLS won’t work when accessed from off-campus. […]
By epederso on September 22, 2011
The Vancouver School Board could launch a year-round school pilot project at several city schools as early as 2012/13, according to superintendent Steve Cardwell. Last year, trustees asked the district’s calendar committee to examine if educational advantages exist in having what’s known as a balanced calendar, which involves lengthening the school year, shortening the summer […]
By epederso on September 21, 2011
Daniel Loxton, an illustrator and writer, created a children’s book so outrageous, so outlandish, so controversial no American publisher dared touch it. It does not depict nudity. It does not contain curse words. It does not include blasphemy. The love scenes, such as they are, involve males with females. It does include a straightforward explanation […]
By epederso on September 15, 2011
Breaking French immersion’s stigma as an elitist program that caters to ‘gifted’ students is the objective of Canadian Parents for French new executive director of the B.C.-Yukon chapter. Glyn Lewis is taking over the French as a second language lobby group from Robert Rothon, who had served as Executive Director since 2008. “As a lobby […]
By epederso on September 13, 2011
The Jump Math program, which is available for free online, is getting rave reviews from teachers and researchers. Vancouver teacher Elisha Bonnis says it changed her life. After years of being told she was just one of those people who doesn’t get math she recently completed a master’s degree in math education. Click here to read the Vancouver […]
By epederso on May 30, 2011
New York City education officials are developing more than a dozen new standardized tests, but their main purpose will be to grade teachers, not the students who take them. Read the full New York Times article here.
By epederso on May 19, 2011
Students in Windsor walked out of class this past Monday to protest against a Catholic school board decision to cut librarians and close libraries. Read the CBC article here.