Roots & wings: kids need both to grow
When parents stop hovering, children learn to fly
Category: Parenting
The iPad education: Should schools be encouraging kids to bring devices to the classroom?
Currently, the Toronto District School Board allows electronic devices in classrooms at the teacher’s discretion. Although many private and independent schools are already making the digital transition, some are sticking to a traditional approach.
One song for Canada
Ten-year-old student preaches the benefits of music
To read or not to read?
Take it from me and keep your kid’s diary off limits
Parents of kids in closure-threatened arts program hit back in song
Parents of students in a York Region school arts program that’s in danger of closure have voiced their fears of “cookie cutter education” in a musical YouTube vid. In the vid, two seriously peeved puppets slam in song the region’s school board trustees for considering closing the area’s only specialized elementary arts program, at Baythorn Public School.
What goes on at The Academy of the Impossible?
The impossible dream — like that recurring one where you’re a skilled hacker who not only knows how to kick some serious butt, but can also throw down some killer beats — isn’t all that far from reality when you’re a student at Parkdale’s Academy of the Impossible. In just over a month since it opened, the new school is quickly creating believers out of the city’s wildest dreamers.
Raising a revolutionary
Author and activist Michele Landsberg on how to nurture a curious child
It’s their party and they’ll misbehave if you let them
Teach your teens to socialize safely by imposing mandatory check-ins and curfews
Turning a rough school start into a strong finish
How to ensure the academic year goes smoothly — even if it’s off to a bumpy beginning
Retrospective: old school Toronto schools
Once upon a time, students wrote in cursive and marveled at the wonders of technology (like the light bulb). Nowadays, students write with technology and marvel at the simplicity of yesteryear. In celebrating the annual ritual of back-to-school, we present these pictures of school life in Toronto towards the beginning of last century.
When did school swallow the sandbox?
Face-to-face playtime helps kids develop necessary life skills
Back to school basics from six leading ladies
A PRIMER ON ENVIRO-SAFE SUPPLIES, GETTING BACK ON THE CLOCK & THE VALUE OF A RUN-THROUGH