Helping families choose private schools and summer camps
In 2008 the Ontario government instituted our newest holiday, Family Day, to give parents and children a day to reconnect and share some quality time. It was a drastic, but positive step, as well as a welcome break from the dreary stretch between New Year’s and Easter. Ontario’s third annual Family Day falls on Monday, February 21st, and Our Kids is here to offer our advice on how to make the most of this unique day.
Our Kids provides the education, camp, and parenting headlines you should know.
Our Kids provides the education, camp, and parenting headlines you should know.
Since the introduction of computerized reports, student reporting has become another contested terrain in public education. Standardized provincial reports, championed by educrats and zealously promoted by student evaluation experts, have been tried several times since the early 1990′s. Yet, somehow, student reports with grades continue to be popular with parents, leaving the “experts” in perpetual turmoil.
Ontario has changed the legislation that pertains to trustees, school boards, and their governance. Frankly, some of the election material that has come into my mailbox is quite laughable. In Ontario we’ve seen several school boards that have been taken over by the Ministry and life seems to go on without trustees. Better ask the tough questions now.
A frantic parent picks up the phone to call the toll free number she’s had written in her daybook for weeks. She dials, hangs up, and then takes a deep breath as she tentatively dials again. “I’m at my wit’s end,” she tells the kindly voice at the other end of the phone. “My teen [...]
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