PRO Grant Deadline – 16 Oct 09

Excerpted from http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/parents/schools.html
Parents Reaching Out Grants
Parents Reaching Out Grants for Schools
School councils may apply for grants to support school-based initiatives focused on engaging parents who may experience challenges in becoming involved in the school due to language barriers, recent immigration, poverty, newness to Ontario’s school system, or other factors.
The application period is now [...]

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People for Education “Making Connections” 2008

Those of you who missed the 2008 People for Education “Making Connections” conference missed a great event. You may still enjoy reading the notes from presentations by speakers including:

Michael Tymchak, Dean of Education, University of Regina, chair of the schoolPLUS task force
Minister of Education Kathleen Wynne
Micheal Fullan, Special Advisor to the Premier and Education [...]

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Specialist High Skills Major in Creative Arts and Technology

We are very pleased to announce that T.A. Blakelock will now offer an Arts and Culture Specialist High Skills Major in Creative Arts and Technology.
This program is designed for students interested in focusing their studies in Music, Drama, New Media or Visual Art during the last two years of their secondary studies. Click here [...]

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TED Talks – Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

“Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. View or download this talk.“
It is very easy to get hooked on TED’s “Inspired talks by the world’s greatest thinkers and doers”, so beware!

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