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In the news:

August

  • User fees adding to the cost of Ontario high school, Star, Aug. 31/10 
  • Ontario school boards report their schools raise over half a billion dollars in "school-generated funds", a combination of fundraising, fees, corporate donations, and things like vending machines in cafeterias.

    → Read our report on fees and fundraising

    → View detailed summary (by board) of school generated funds

  • Parents write to Obama re: education policy, Washington Post, Aug 27/10
  • Little interest in Bluewater race so far : Some areas have no declared candidates for trustee, Owen Sound Sun Times, Aug. 25/10
  • 3 simple ways to improve brain function, Globe, Aug 25/10
  • Teachers' union calls for halt to standardized testing, CTV, Aug 17/10
  • Elementary teachers union wants moratorium on EQAO tests, City TV, Aug 17/10
  • Ontario teachers call for halt in standardized testing, CBC, Aug. 17/10
  • Ontario teachers call for halt in standardized tests for grade schoolers, The Record, Aug. 16/10
  • Elementary teachers call for a time-out on standardized testing, Globe and Mail, Aug. 16/10
  • Final Word: Education changes get passing grade, listen to this podcast with Annie Kidder, Aug. 11/10
  • Digital Education: Facebook, Finance, and Phone Flexibility, Education Week, Aug. 11/10
  • Ontario physical education curriculum re-vamped, CTV, Aug. 9/10
  • New curriculum this fall, Radio 98.9, Aug 9/10
  • Ontario changes elementary curriculum, Ottawa Sun, Aug 9/10
  • Your Health: Lessons on bullying, cyberstalking and defibrillators coming this fall, Winnipeg Free Press Aug. 8/10
  • Students in year round schools do better, study says, Globe and Mail, Aug. 6/10

July

  • Gifted kids get a voice, Education: ABC chapter planned for Sault Ste. Marie, The Sault Star, July 21/10
  • Lets come to our Census, Lake Superior News, July 19/10 
  • Axing census questions means little information will be available to decision makers, Star, July 15/10 
  • Should teachers "friend" their pupils?, The Gazette, July 8/10
  • For these teens, style builds their substance, Toronto Star, July 7/10 
  • Staying Afloat, Toronto Sun, July 7/10 
  • Summer School, The Observer, July 6/10

June

  • Mother of three champions a 'citizen apprenticeship' program, Star, June 17/10
  • All-day kindergarten coming to 7 more schools in 2011, Hamilton Spectator, June 16/10
  • More Ottawa schools selected for full day kindergarted, CTV, June 15/10
  • Some all-day kindergarten in jeopardy, Peel board warns, Star, June 15/10 
  • Student gets voice in education system, The Windsor Star, June 14/10 
  • Students continue to do well on Gr. 10 EQAO test province-wide, Chatham Daily News, June 10/10 
  • Hamilton: Green schools program money well spent, Star, June 10/10 
  • Most of Ontario's high schoolers pass literacy test, Canadian Press, June 9/10
  • School councils addicted to junk food, Ottawa Citizen, June 7/10
  • Guidelines will offer little relief, LFPress, June 7/10

People for Education releases annual report on public schools:

A NEW GOAL
FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION
SCHOOLS AT THE CENTRE

Read the report.

→ READ THE REPORT NOW.

→ Watch video (4 minutes)

→ Read the press release.

In the news:

  • Parents' group singing the praises of program to improve access to mental health care for youth, Sault-Star, June 2/10 
  • Schools say arts, music suffer under focus on math, literacy test scores, Star, May 31/10 
  • Parents' group releases new Ontario schools data, CTV, May 31/10 
  • Ontario needs community schools, Sun, May 31/10 - Watch the video news!
  • Schools lack access to mental-health professionals, report says: Less than half of Ontario’s high schools have regular access to psychologists, Globe, May 31/10
  • CBC: Mental Health Care - Should students have better access? Answer Poll.
  • Hume: Let’s use schools like the public assets they are, Star, May 31/10
  • School role as community hub threatened by new zoning, trustees argue, Star, May 31/10

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