Friday, June 19, 2009

La Réforme Scolaire, cette Mal Aimée

Commonwealth Keen on Education Ventures with Malaysia


Moving forward: Mohamed Khaled (centre) presenting a gift to the Deputy Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Ransford Smith, at the closing ceremony of 17th CCEM in Kuala Lumpur Thursday. Also present is Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong. — Bernama

Duncan Faces Political Battle Over Education Reform

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

CUPE Seeks Common Ground with Teachers' Union on Early Childhood Education


The Canadian Union of Public Employees CUPE site :

http://cupe.ca/

A Once-Forgettable Premier Finds a Legacy


Integrating schooling and daycare could help Dalton McGuinty keep his promise of full-day kindergarten, a report suggests.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Are American Students Receiving Enough Arts Education?

Reading on the Rise: A New Chapter in American Literacy

Reading on the Rise documents a definitive increase in rates and numbers of American adults who read literature. This new growth reverses two decades of downward trends cited previously in NEA reports such as Reading at Risk and To Read or Not To Read. Reading on the Rise is based on early results from the 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts. January 2009. 16 pp.

Read also :

To Read or Not To Read: A Question of National Consequence Executive Summary

To Read or Not To Read: A Question of National Consequence Executive Summary
This report is a new and comprehensive analysis of reading patterns of children, teenagers, and adults in the United States. To Read or Not To Read assembled data on reading trends from more than 40 sources, including federal agencies, universities, foundations, and associations. November 2007.
20 pp.

http://www.arts.gov/research/ToRead_ExecSum.pdf

Ont. Report Calls for Full-Day Kindergarten in 2010

Critics Attack McGuinty Schools Plan

Monday, June 15, 2009

Bullying



Read Also :

History of bullying

http://muerteporkiki.wordpress.com/2009/05/20/history-of-bullying/

The Battle Against Bullying

A group of doctors take on bullying to halt the violence that eight percent of kids say happens to them daily. Kelly Wallace reports.