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		<title>Fraser Institute releases its 2010 Ontario School Rankings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Field</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week the Fraser Institute released its 2010 school rankings of 2,742 Ontario elementary schools. The rankings are largely based on the results of Ontario&#8217;s Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) of Grade 3 and Grade 6 measurements of reading, writing and math. For many schools listed in the report five years worth of EQAO [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tying Your Own Shoes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tying Your Own Shoes is a documentary about four artists who happen to have special needs.
An animated movie about Petra, Matthew, Daninah and Katherine, who all have Down Syndrome, Tying Your Own Shoes takes a look at how art affects self-esteem and perceptions of ability.
Launching to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day on March 21st, people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All I ever needed to know, I learned at riding camp…</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At age 10 my parents decided to send me to summer camp, not  any summer camp mind you – but one where I would come home everyday  stinking to high heaven.  I am not sure if they sent me to horseback  riding camp because they knew I would love it, or because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surviving the sinking of the S.V. Concordia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Field</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“It was fifteen minutes.”
For Grade 12 student Callagy Ross that was the time between her history class and setting off in life rafts with her 63 shipmates from S.V. Concordia as the ship began to sink off the coast of Brazil on February 17, 2010.
The students, teachers and crew of West Island College’s Class Afloat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improving Classroom Teaching – Can Teachers be Taught to Teach Better?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul W. Bennett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the time of the Ancients, the art of teaching has sparked intense discussion both inside and outside of the academy.   In the March 7 edition of the Sunday New York Times Magazine, Elizabeth Green, editor of GothamSchools.org, tackles the whole question in a splendid feature essay.  Her article focuses on Doug Lemov, an Albany [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What’s On: Week of March 8-14, 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Allison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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!
Monday March 8

Special Event &#124; MPS [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Week on Twitter: 2010-03-07</title>
		<link>http://www.ourkids.net/blog/index.php/the-week-on-twitter-2010-03-07/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Travis Allison</dc:creator>
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New on CampNation:: Recommended Book: “Bullyproof Your Child for Life”  http://bit.ly/9TBTae #
RT @FreeRangeKids: Have your kids lick a 9-volt battery!(And other good childrearing ideas): http://bit.ly/97KFFh #
RT @ApplebyCollege: gr8 game 2nite w/ Varsity beating the Faculty 12-10 while fundraising 4 rt 2 Play! Go Varsity! http://fb.me/6pYiD1T #
RT @branksomehall: Travelling in Asia from this week http://bit.ly/9ZGoBd [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Olympic View #10 – Thomas</title>
		<link>http://www.ourkids.net/blog/index.php/my-olympic-view-10-thomas-362/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mulgrave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day Fifteen
Saw the biggest flag ever downtown on a building.  Very cool.
Day Sixteen
Olympics are very loud and sometimes when everyone is screaming it hurts my ears.  One of our home stay families just won a gold medal today and everyone is so happy.  Jacey Jay won it at Cypress right near my school.  He is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Olympic View #9 – Thomas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mulgrave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day Twelve
We went to the Olympics and saw the Happiness House with Coca-Cola and all the recycling that they do. A girl there was wearing clothing made from recycled plastic bottles and it looked like normal clothing.  We went to the Olympic Family and Friends place and watched a gold medal being won and it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Olympic View #8 – Thomas</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mulgrave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day Nine
Sarah came over for a visit and dinner with us.  I showed her how to play my Nintendo game and gave her one of my GO-GOs.  She took it and tied it to her Olympic Pass.  She told me that she was very happy that her friends had done well in the Olympics and [...]]]></description>
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