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Year-round schooling may start in Vancouver next year
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 […]
Children’s book too hot for U.S. publishers warmly received in Canada
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 […]
French immersion not elitist: CPF exec
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 […]
Jump Math changed my life: Vancouver teacher says
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 […]
Tests for students, but the grades go to teachers!
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.
Students walk out to protest library cuts (Windsor, ON)
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.
Parent group backtracks on opposition to Wi-Fi in schools
An influential parent group has decided not to oppose Wi-Fi installations in B.C. schools until it has gathered more information about the potential effect on students’ health and education. This article was published in the Vancouver Sun. Click here to read the full story.
AASL’s Standards for the 21st Century Learner
Standards for the 21st-Century Learner offer vision for teaching and learning to both guide and beckon our profession as education leaders. They will both shape the library program and serve as a tool for school librarians to use to shape the learning of students in the school.
BC Book Prizes–Finalists for Children’s Literature
For more information go to http://www.bcbookprizes.ca/winners/2011 Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize Supported by the BC Library Association Dear George Clooney, Please Marry My Mom by Susin Nielsen Publisher: Tundra Books Violet’s TV-director dad has traded a job in Vancouver for one in LA, their house for a home complete with a pool, and, worst […]
Testing May Facilitate Learning Better Than Active Methods
According to a recent article published in Science, taking a test is not just a passive mechanism for assessing how much people know. It actually helps people learn, and it works better than a number of other studying techniques. Read the full article here.