College | Our Kids Blog - Part 2

Turning Around Our Public Schools

Paul W. Bennett

07/06/2010 By Paul W. Bennett 2 Comments

Changes needed in public and private school education symbolized by a multi-coloured pen open on a text book

Public education reform, in Canada as in the U.S., is focused on improving student learning through systematic testing, data analysis, and system-wide initiatives. How do we zero in on individual school improvement and fundamentals such as curriculum quality and teaching? Time is running out to close the gaps between the educated and undereducated in our [...]

Filed Under: Blog, Education, Private Schools, Students, Teachers Tagged With: Canada, college, Cool Classrooms, Education, elementary, High School, learning, Our Kids, Our Kids Go To School, parenting, Parents, private school, Private Schools, public school, school, student, teacher, Teachers, Technology

Waldorf Art Tournament will fund trip

Shane Alexander

10/05/2010 By Shane Alexander 1 Comment

Every year at the Toronto Waldorf School, the grade 8 class come up with some creative idea to raise money in order to take a last journey as a whole unit before they all enter the high school stages of their life. This year, the grade 8 class have come out with an awesome and [...]

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Interview: Dave Bird – Pinehurst School

03/05/2010 By Travis Allison 1 Comment

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I had a great time last week speaking with Dave Bird, principal of the Pinehurst School in St. Catherines. Pinehurst (view their listing on OurKids.net) specializes in helping students who have learning or behavioural difficulties that prevent them from succeeding in “traditional” classrooms. From their website: Our Mission is to motivate all of our Pinehurst [...]

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Teen Boot Camps Soon to be Extinct

29/04/2010 By Gordon Hay 3 Comments

Air Force Boots

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 [...]

Filed Under: Behavioral / Troubled Teens, Blog Tagged With: Canada, college, Cool Classrooms, Education, High School, learning, Our Kids, Our Kids Go To School, parenting, Parents, private school, Private Schools, private secondary school, school, student, teacher, Teachers, Technology, teenagers

The globalization of education

Shaundra Selvaggi

21/04/2010 By Shaundra Selvaggi Leave a Comment

Munk Centre for International Studies

Last week the University of Toronto unveiled plans to open a new School of Global Affairs in the centre of Canada’s largest and most diverse city. The school will function as part of the established Munk Centre for International Studies. The university already has some pretty lofty goals for the building as well as [...]

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Treating Troubled Teens: When holding on means sending your teen to residential treatment

16/04/2010 By Gordon Hay 15 Comments

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Troubled teens unsuccessful in traditional counseling environments are finding success in long-term treatment programs that provide parents with powerful alternative to boot camps for girls and boot camps for boys. A study conducted by the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs found teens with serious emotional and behavioural issues including ADHD, depression, and oppositional [...]

Filed Under: Behavioral / Troubled Teens, Blog, Learning Disabilities / ADHD Tagged With: boot camp, Canada, college, Cool Classrooms, Education, High School, learning, Our Kids, Our Kids Go To School, parenting, Parents, private school, Private Schools, private secondary school, school, Teachers, Technology

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