Share There is no doubt that learning disabilities can be extraordinarily challenging and frustrating for both students and parents, so it’s no surprise that there are lots of people investigating ways to overcome them. Earlier this week researchers out of Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children published research suggesting there may be a pharmaceutical remedy – [...]
British Columbia Reports on Class Size
26/02/2009 By Leave a Comment
Share One of the key pieces of information about a school parents want is class size. In fact, one of the top reasons parents look at private or independent schools is to enrol their children in schools with smaller classes. There are all sorts of important insights to be gleaned from class size data, though, [...]
School's Out: Considering Camps
25/02/2009 By 3 Comments
What's On: Week of February 23, 2009
23/02/2009 By Leave a Comment
Share Welcome to What’s On, the Our Kids Blog 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! Monday, 23 February 2009 [...]
Innovation in Schools
20/02/2009 By Leave a Comment
Share Futurelab, a UK-based organization focused on innovation in education, released the handbook “Promoting transformative innovation in schools.” The intent of the document is to provide insight into and illustrate the value of transformative innovation, as well as to provide recommendations of how to create a culture of innovation in schools.
Shaping Healthy Schools Today
19/02/2009 By Leave a Comment
Share The term “healthy schools” usually brings to mind the topic of Health and Wellness Centres with their attendant ministrations to our students as they arrive with various and sundry ailments. However, Patrick Bassett, President of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), takes a different view when he writes: Schools are, like greenhouses, controlled [...]
