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PDK Walk for Education 2007 – October 27
Reserve Saturday morning, October 27, 2007 to join us in University of Toronto Chapter's annual PDK Walk for Education. We gather to complete registration forms at the YWCA on Grosvenor St. and then walk several laps around Queen's Park.
The event raises money for PDK Awards and Scholarship programs and for Future Educator Association Clubs. The first Canadian FEA club was chartered in October 2006 at D.A. Morrison, a middle school in Toronto.
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"The Treasure That Is Public Education" Series
As we get closer to a provincial election, the issue of public funding for private schools will again surface. Its suppoerters will offer teh following reasons for this:
- the public system has failed
- monopolies are by defninition bad and we need competition to shape up public schools just like business or in sports
- parents should be given chioce; it's only fair
- religion and identity are important parts of a person's life and if the public school can't support these, then we need independent schools to do so
To these statements John Myers offers several key points against school "choice" - download the PDF to read the full argument.
Session 1 - 2 November 2006
The first in "The Treasure That Is Public Education" Series brought together Kappans and Guests Annie Kidder (People for Education), Dominic Giroux (Assistand Deputy Minister of Education) and Jasmeet Sidhu (current university student and former student trustee, Peel DSB).
The discussion was engaging and important. Among our challenges are teh changing demographics as the population ages and our students become more diverse. We noted the particular challenges for aboriginal students.
Read more and see pictures from this session - download the PDF report.
Session 3 - 18 January 2007
The third session was double-barreled. We began with on-the-ground work by the staff at Firgrove P.S., with Principal Vicky Branco and Lead Teacher Harpreet Ghuman illustrating the many facets of school leadership for promoting a schoo community working to improve teaching and student learning.
Read more and view photos from this session - download the PDF report.
Session 4 - 22 February 2007
The final session in our series packed a lot into it. Diana Kordic from Willow Park gave a a poster presentation. Willo Park is teh third Inner City Model Project Schools supported by the Toronto District School Board to enhance the educational opportunities of our neediest communities. Mike Hawes, vice-principal of Eastdale Collegiate, gave a presentation of their work in challenging circumstances from the high school perspective.
Read more and view photos from this session - download the PDF.
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