Written by John Borst on June 30, 2008 – 2:46 am
June 30, 2008
According to Michael Schmitt, chair of the English Catholic Council of Directors of Education (ECCODE) a division of the Council of Directors of Education (CODE) the Ministry of Education has allocated $25,000 to “support Character Development initiatives in Catholic Boards.”
Although Schmitt is happy with the funds, he is not exactly thrilled with the revisions which the document, currently called “Finding Common Ground: Character Development “ has recently taken. Read more »
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Written by John Borst on June 30, 2008 – 2:03 am
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A rather bitter blog post titled: L.A. Catholic Archdiocese Refuses to Acknowledge Or Accept Petition Re: School Board Member’s Genocidal Remarks by Martin Hill, dated June 29, 2008 almost inadvertently reveals much about the very different administrative structure an American Catholic high School in this case Notre Dame High School (NDHS)has in place: Read more »
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Written by Michael Reist on June 29, 2008 – 4:15 am
# 35 in a series from The Dysfunctional School
by Michael Reist
The problem with assessments and evaluations of all kinds is that they lead to a sense of failure. This would not be a problem if students actually chose to be measured, if they actually wanted to know where their performance stands in relation to other students or against some standardized “norm.” But most students have little or no interest in this. It is an adult conception and an adult desire to quantify and codify the knowledge and skills of students.
Kierkegaard said, Read more »
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Written by John Borst on June 28, 2008 – 1:29 pm
Kris Foster editor of Carleton in his introductory comments says that when the theme of love was suggested to him he “dismissed it like an old curmudgeon”. Eventually however, he changed his mind but the focus changed from love and intimacy to the full “life cycle of our relationships”. Kris ends his comment with “this may be one subject on which we can all be considered experts by way of our individual experiences.” Hmmm, ….reminds me of teaching.
For better or for worse… or not at all – The changing faces of love and marriage
Love and marriage: some say you can have one without the other. Love, marriage and family have never been static concepts—they are traditions that continually change. One thing is certain, given present trends they will only continue changing in the future.
By Jim Donnelly
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Written by Caryn Swark on June 28, 2008 – 3:55 am
Caryn Swark is a Grade 3 teacher at St. Patrick’s School in Taber Alberta.
Her personal website can be found at http://carynswark.wordpress.com/
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Written by Hogg and Merler on June 28, 2008 – 3:48 am
Case study #13 in a series of 18 from Tales from the Principal’s Office
This case study was posted from June 28, 2008 to August 23, 2008 only.
Editor’s Note: As of August 23, 2008, according to an agreement with the publisher Pacific Educational Press, Case Study Number Twelve, “To skip a grade?” is to be removed from Tomorrow’s Trust. It was also agreed that any comments would remain. If you want to read the actual case study, I can only recommend purchasing the book.
Discussion Questions
What factors should be considered when a child is being considered for acceleration?
What factors should be considered when a parent makes a student placement request of an administrator?
What does an administrator risk and/or gain when he or she chooses to disagree with a vocal parent?
Do parents know the criteria for acceleration?
Could the principal have dealt with the parent differently?
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Written by John Borst on June 27, 2008 – 11:19 pm
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For teachers the summer holidays are upon us and the chance to do some reading appears possible. That is why many magazines produce a “summer reading” special edition. Such reading most often focuses on those novels you’ve wanted to read all winter but just never found the time.
But here is a brief review by Lauretta O’Connor , Commonweal’s former office manager , on a rather unique book about education. Read more »
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Written by John Borst on June 27, 2008 – 3:55 am
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As teachers begin their summer vacations, according to The Tablet’s columnist Robert Mickens the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerants want you to make this holiday period ‘environmentally friendly’. In the forth-coming issue, he writes in part: Read more »
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Written by John Borst on June 26, 2008 – 5:19 am
For some strange reason I haven’t felt all that excited over Stephen Harper’s apology for the years our ancestors, in their misguided zeal ,sought to transform our Native population into little images of our culture.
At least that was until I read last Wednesday’s (June 18, 2008) issue of my local weekly paper the Dryden Observer.
The front page article titled “Apology matters say school survivors” by reporter Chris Marchand quotes two local former pupils of area residential schools. One, Leonard Sky, a resident of Eagle Lake First Nation is the Native Studies teacher at Dryden High School. The other Garnet Angeconeb, a resident of Sioux Lookout, is the brother of Gordon Angeconeb whose wife Sheila, is also a teacher with the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board and a member of St. Joseph’s parish in Dryden, Ontario. (I wish to apologize for my earlier error in this regard.)
But it was inclusion of the list of residential schools that existed in this area that provided the “whack on the side of the head: Read more »
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Written by John Borst on June 25, 2008 – 2:02 am
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On my way to the April 2008 Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association conference and AGM in Niagara Falls, Ontario between Bearskin Airways and Air Canada my baggage managed to get lost.
However, today I discovered this little gem of a presentation at the July 18 – 20 2008 the last Hope conference in New York City. The Last HOPE is the seventh Hackers On Planet Earth conference.
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