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Young People and Reading: The Culture of Yes Blog
Read Chris Kennedy’s posting on encouraging reading in students and his involvement in the TD National Reading Summit III – A Reading Canada: Building a Plan. “Chris Kennedy is the Superintendent of Schools/CEO with the West Vancouver School District (West Vancouver, BC). He has taught secondary English and Social Studies, and been both an elementary and secondary school principal.” More here. ~from […]
Maurice Sendak, Children’s Book Author Icon: June 10, 1928 – May 8, 2012
Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen has passed away at 83. Read The Vancouver Sun article here. Article by Stephanie Griffith, Agence France-Presse May 8, 2012 © (c) The Vancouver Sun Many of his books are available at the UBC Education library.
Education News Update – Share your views on the future of Vancouver Schools
Read the latest news on a community meeting about Vancouver school issues from The Vancouver Sun. Community Meeting information here. Meeting is Tuesday, May 15 at Britannia Secondary School. By Janet Steffenhagen May 8, 2012. 3:59 pm • Section: Report Card © Copyright (c) The Vancouver Sun
This Just In! New book at the Education Library
The Kalevala: Tales of Magic and Adventure Check out the award-winning Suomen Lasten Kalevala: classic epic Finnish literature, compiled from ancient oral poetry. Beautifully illustrated by Pirkko-Liisa Surojegin; translation by Kaarina Brooks. UBC Library Information Holdings here. Publisher’s Information here.
Education News Update from The Tyee: Part III of a Series
Read the latest news on year-round education in British Columbia from The Tyee here. Third in a three part series. By Aleksandra Sagan, 4 May 2012, TheTyee.ca © The Tyee
Education News Update from The Tyee: Part II of a Series
Read the latest news on year-round education in British Columbia from The Tyee here. Second in a three part series. By Aleksandra Sagan, 3 May 2012, TheTyee.ca © The Tyee
Education News Update from the Tyee
Read the latest news on year-round education in British Columbia from The Tyee here. First in a three part series. By Aleksandra Sagan, 2 May 2012, TheTyee.ca © The Tyee
Amusement Park Science: Students Study Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Science, Marketing, and Agriculture at Playland
Celebrate the 25th Annual Science and Physics Day at Playland! With help from a group of educators from the UBC Department of Physics and Astronomy, teachers can bring their classes to Playland to have fun and study physics in action. The British Columbia Brightest Minds Competition is part of the Science and Physics Day two-week event, so bring your […]
This just in! New book at the Education Library
Using Children’s Literature Across the Curriculum: A Handbook of Instructional Strategies This resource uniquely offers preservice and inservice teachers templates for using quality children’s literature to implement six themes across grades K-8. The themes are based on national curriculum standards and text sets are carefully selected to facilitate discussion, analysis, and problem solving across the […]
The Report Card Education News from The Vancouver Sun
See the latest news update on the B.C. School Trustees’ Association Annual General Meeting and teacher bargaining in British Columbia. Full article here: The Report Card by Janet Steffenhagen, April 30, 2012. 9:44 am © Copyright (c) The Vancouver Sun