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Study finds full-day Kindergarten a success
According to a new study, the introduction of full-day kindergarten in half of B.C. elementary schools last year was a remarkable success.
Click here to read the full post, on Janet Steffenhagen’s blog.
Sir Ken Robinson’s Top 3 Tips for Teachers
In order to be successful, teachers need to embrace their freedom and creativity and be prepared to learn from their students. To read the full post on Janet Steffenhagen’s blog Report Card, click here.
Small progress in teacher bargaining
The B.C. Public School Employers’ Association (BCPSEA) and the B.C. Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) have agreed to seek the help of an arbitrator in resolving an important stumbling block — that is, which issues can be bargained locally and which ones must remain at the provincial table.
Click here to read the full post on Janet Steffenhagen’s blog.
Study shows- Grades improve when classes start later
A late start is a head start when it comes to first-period classes, according to a new study of more than 6,100 students over four consecutive school years.
Building on a decade of sleep research, the findings tread new ground in directly linking start times with academic performance. The cause-and-effect was so powerful, in fact, that delaying a student’s first class by just 50 minutes resulted in achievement improvements “equivalent to raising teacher quality by one standard deviation” — which is a common way of measuring teachers’ classroom performance.
The Vancouver Sun article can be found here.