Boot camps for teens are heading towards extinction after what has been described as a treatment experiment gone wrong. Corrections expert Dr. Edward Latessa has studied the issue extensively and says most boot camp operators have either gone out of business or modified their programs to emphasize treatment and rehabilitation. Latessa, a juvenile justice expert [...]
[Guest Author: Lisa Borah-Geller has been a curriculum developer for eleven years at the Developmental Studies Center, a non-profit educational organization in Oakland, CA. Prior to that she was an elementary school teacher in the San Rafael City Schools in San Rafael, CA. Lisa lives in San Francisco and has two children, Lila, age four, [...]
Toronto’s Branksome Hall can now claim two of the world’s top debaters. Zeenia Framroze won top honours and teammate Elizabeth Stratton made it to the debating finals at the 2010 World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championship in Lithuania, on April 12. With just two years’ experience in competitive speaking, 16-year-old Framroze made it into [...]
The finalists for Canada’s Greenest School contest are in! Halton Waldorf School in Burlington, Ontario, made the top 10 thanks to 13 budding artists. To enter the contest, students were asked to upload songs, drawings or video explaining how they would make their school green if they were in charge. Students from Mrs. White’s [...]
When waxing nostalgic about our childhoods, many of us have memories of frolicking with friends in the grass, impromptu games of baseball and road hockey, or even just playing fetch with the dog come to mind. But when our current generation of toddlers grow up and do the same, as a new physical activity report card [...]
Welcome to What’s On, The Our Kids blog’s weekly roundup of interesting and exciting events on tap. To help make sure we know about all the best events be sure to leave a comment below or send an email to travis[at]ourkids[dot]net. Now on with the week ahead! Wednesday April 28 Information Session | LANDMARK SCHOOL [...]
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