Focus on Education: A Weekly Ontario News Update - January 8, 2012

A review of the last few week's of education news in Ontario.

Teachers’ disciplinary decisions now online
For the first time, disciplinary decisions involving hundreds of the province’s rogue teachers are now easily accessible online.

Hamilton Spectator, January 5, 2012

Focus on Education: A Weekly Ontario News Update - December 10, 2011

A review of the week's education news in Ontario, including some noteworthy items from other provinces or the US.

Provincial Politicians Standing Up Against Religious Leaders
The province's education minister says she doesn't want a school system that discriminates.

News Talk 1010, December 10, 2011

Focus on Education: A Weekly Ontario News Update - November 26, 2011

A review of the week's education news in Ontario, including some noteworthy items from other provinces or the US.

Education Quality and Accountability Office to Release Ontario Student Results on National Reading, Math and Science Test
At 10:00 a.m. on Monday, November 28, 2011, the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) will release Ontario student results from the 2010 Pan-Canadian Assessment Program (PCAP) test.

Investing in Early Childhood Education - Early Years Report Released

To truly transform kids' lives and give them the best possible start publicly funded education should start at the age of 2 -

We need to think of building education downward, but at the same time not ‘schoolifying' kids but stimulating kids” through optional, play-based programs...

This is the main message delivered by the newly released Early Years Study 3: Making Decisions Taking Action, the last report by the late J. Fraser Mustard and funded by the Margaret & Wallace McCain Family Foundation. It's all over the Canadian news, and rightfully so, it took the bold step of introducing an Early Childhood Education Index: based on five categories (governance, funding, access, learning environment, and accountability) it provides a snapshot of provincial early childhood education services.

To access the previous two reports:

• Early years study 2: Putting science into action (2007) focused on the policy framework necessary to improve conditions in early childhood, with a view of improving the health of the population. 
• The seminal Early years study: Reversing the real brain drain (1999) describes the critical importance of children's early interactions in shaping their development.

Focus on Education: A Weekly Ontario News Update - November 11, 2011

Focus on Education: A Weekly Ontario News Update - November 4, 2011 has 22 articles from the past week. Here are some of the news items covered:

• Racist graffiti shocks U of W
• Mutant worms and banana DNA – program gets kids into weird science
• Teens think they'll earn $90,000 a year by age 30
• Dropout rates rise with immigrant child’s age of arrival
• Publishers Turn to Cloud Computing to Offer Digital Content

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