‘public education’ Archives
Not Using Their Heads
I have been reading a series of feature newspaper articles about brain science and its relationship to education. Believe it or not, the education community – especially the public school system – has never paid much attention to neuroscience. You’d think that understanding how people learn would be at the very basis of how schools [...]
Competition in J-K
The provincial government here in Ontario – like governments everywhere these days – is posting a huge deficit. However, they’re still going ahead with previously announced plans for all-day junior and senior kindergarten for four- and five-year-olds. “This initiative will further increase the competitive advantage already found in our [...]