Helping families choose private schools and summer camps
A vegetarian school lunch is probably a pretty hard thing for most of us to imagine, if we’re thinking back to our days in school, but these days nutrition is thought of much differently and satisfying meatless meals are on the menu. That is why peta2, the youth animal rights organization and “child” of the [...]
Welcome to What’s On, The Chalkboard’s weekly roundup of interesting and exciting events on tap for the week. To help make sure we know about all the best events be sure to leave a comment below or send an email to agnes[at]ourkids[dot]net. Now on with the week ahead! Wednesday, 25 March 2009 Information Session | [...]
I think we would all say we love humour and have fond memories of fun and hilarious moments in our lives, but when it comes to our children’s education, we probably don’t think that the classroom is supposed to be humorous. Cheryl Jackson at TVO Parents writes about how her daughter is about to enter [...]
With March Break upon us it seems like a good time to discuss informal learning, or the teachable moments that so frequently happen outside of the classroom. A new book from the American National Research Council, Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits, looks at these educational opportunities, whether they are in everyday [...]
It’s easy to formulate an image in our minds of the well-heeled parents and family of students in private school and yet that image is inaccurate. Parents, perhaps like never before, are invested in – and investing in – their children’s education, and middle class families are often stretching their budget to afford a private [...]
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