By Laura Gould (WINDSOR, ON) – Recognizing that it is increasingly important to connect with its customers anywhere and anytime, the Windsor Public Library invites you to join it online on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, and its blog at windsorpubliclibrary.com. “Social media and mobile platforms allow us to offer our services in ways which meet [...]
(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Legislation sponsored by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson to create a new state-wide assessment system using computer-based exams that would measure and promote student progress toward career and college readiness was approved today by the Assembly Education Committee. The Committee approved Assembly Bill 484 (Bonilla), which would limit the use [...]
By Laurie Langford (CHATHAM-KENT) – Canterbury ElderCollege Chatham-Kent Campus, in partnership with The Cultural Centre, is pleased to announce Spring 2013 courses. Canterbury ElderCollege provides adults over the age of 55 with access to educational and learning opportunities for the purpose of enriching life and expanding knowledge. Keep your brain healthy and active! On May [...]
(AMMAN, JORDAN) – Education Minister Mohammad Wahsh met with Canadian Ambassador to Jordan Mark Gwozdecky on Monday to discuss educational ties and means of further promoting educational programs. The minister briefed the ambassador on the ministry’s future plans, particularly developing student examinations and boosting teachers’ skills through the teachers’ Training Center, in addition to creating [...]
(WINDSOR, ON) – Dedicated to educating local youth on building self-esteem and seeing through the masks of media, social workers Heather Chauvin and Amy Mullins have launched their True Beauty Campaign to encourage youth to love who they are, at their core, without judgment. “We want girls to see just how beautiful they are, inside [...]
By Laura Gould (WINDSOR, ON) – Are you interested in studying your family history, tracing its lineage and carving out a place for your family in a larger historical context? Do you have the desire to engage in accurate storytelling and feel a sense of responsibility to preserve the past for future generations? If so, [...]
By Liz Sandals, Ontario Minister of Education (TORONTO, ON) – The agreement we have reached with the Ontario Secondary Schools Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) and its more than 60,000 members is a clear indication of the hard work that all parties are putting in to reaffirm and reinvigorate our partnership and our commitment to Ontario’s students. [...]
By Deanna Bullard (CHATHAM-KENT, ON) – Students from Chatham Christian School will be displaying their history projects in the Chatham – Kent Museum. The students from Marianne Visser’s grade 6 class have been working very hard on history projects in hopes of competing at this year’s Thames Valley Regional History Fair to be held at [...]
By Liz Sandals, Ontario Minister of Education (TORONTO, ON) – Our government has been having positive, collaborative discussions with our education partners over the past number of weeks. Those discussions are helping rebuild important relationships inside and outside of our schools that will allow us to continue to build one of the best education systems [...]
By Liz Sandals, Ontario Minister of Education (TORONTO, ON) – Over the past number of weeks, we have been having positive, collaborative discussions with our education partners. Those discussions have been critical to rebuilding important relationships inside and outside of our schools and have already delivered results for students, parents, teachers and support staff, with [...]
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