Cdn EdWire – Threat to Recruit Strippers from High School has Legs
Plus groundbreaking anti-bullying and copyright legislation, and heated Ontario teacher labour negotiations keep media focus on education during the traditional summer downtime
Adult entertainment lobby group threatens to recruit strippers at Vancouver schools – Vancouver Province
Calgary advocates slam plan to recruit strippers in city high schools – Metro Calgary
Adult entertainment lobby group threatens to recruit strippers at Vancouver schools – Vancouver Province
Calgary advocates slam plan to recruit strippers in city high schools – Metro Calgary
Strip clubs look to recruit from schools – Toronto Star
Strip clubs to look for dancers in Toronto schools – Toronto Sun
ON ANTI-BULLYING LEGISLATION
The bullying gender gap: Girls more likely to be targets – Globe and Mail
Legislation is step in right direction, but won’t eradicate bullying: advocates – Canadian Press
Anti-bullying legislation step in right direction, advocates say – CBC
ON THE ONGOING ONTARIO TEACHER LABOUR NEGOTIATIONS
McGuinty threatens to recall House to send Ontario teachers back to work – Toronto Star
Ontario Liberals may use legislation to prevent school year delay – Canadian Press
Teachers unions condemn labour deal – Brampton Guardian
Education minister tells school boards to settle with teachers’ unions or face new legislation – Ottawa Citizen
Globe and Mail Editorial: For their own good, Ontario’s unions need to give some ground
ON TEXTBOOK COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION
Copyright law a win for consumer, educators, and telecoms as court reins in multiple fees – Toronto Star
Teachers’ association, province hail copyright ruling on photocopying textbooks – Calgary Herald
Supreme Court decision provides ‘much needed clarity,’ education minister says
Globe and Mail Editorial: Like lunch, writing isn’t free
ON SUMMER SLIDE
Are kids failing at summer? – Globe and Mail
Summer widens rich/poor learning gap – Toronto Star
Summer ends early for Calgary Catholic year-round students – Calgary Herald
Pupils return from abbreviated vacation ‘more eager’ than those on traditional school calendars, teachers say
OTHER NEWS
Teens still trade sex for drugs, booze – Canadian Press
Boys, girls almost equally likely to do it; having close family tends to limit poor sexual choices
Mandarin bilingual program links students to their heritage – Edmonton Journal
Public, Catholic systems offer learning in eight languages, which gives kids an edge, expert says
Native teens from across Canada urged to take up law as a career – Toronto Star
INTERNATIONAL
Hong Kong: Thousands protest over China’s new school curriculum – Toronto Star
Cuts Are Putting Students Off Education, Says President Of The Association Of Colleges – Huff Post UK
A Revolution In Teacher Training Methods? – Care2
CANADIAN EDUBLOG HIGHLIGHTS
25 000 iPads? I have a few Questions….. – Remote Access
This morning a link to this article was posted on twitter. A district rolling out 25 000 ipads this fall to students and staff. I’m interested. Sounds like a major initiative. My first questions are about training, sustainability and the inevitable “what are you going to do 4 years from now when all of those machines are outdated,” but that’s not what really caught me. I’ve got questions…. Read More
Humanizing Our Organizations Through Social Media – The Principal of Change
As society changes, schools need to change with it. We have to model how we continue to grow and learn. Yet many schools are extremely fearful of using social media or are pushing the idea aside as if it were a fad. As I have traveled around to many different schools, I have been frustrated by the blocking of social media sites from not only students, but staff as well. We cannot simply flick a switch and say “go”, but as Greg Whitby stated, we need to “start moving yesterday” on changes within our schools. There are many purposeful ways that our schools can be utilizing social media sites, and we need to start figuring this out sooner than later as everyone has the technology to these sites in their pockets any way…. Read More
Standards and Standardization – David Truss :: Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts
If we agree that instructional standardization is unnecessary, we can maintain creativity and passion in a standards-based classroom. But we need to make a few paradigm shifts….Read More
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Max Cooke is the CEO of the EdCan Network.
Max Cooke est le directeur général du Réseau ÉdCan.
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