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Anonymous e-mail for board employees

http://www.thepost.on.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2467447

Parents, unions protest plan to close dozens of schools

http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/education/schoolsandresources/article/769928--parents-unions-protest-plan-to-close-dozens-of-schools

Toronto board simplifies report cards

http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/education/schoolsandresources/article/772396--cleaning-up-report-cards

Barrie Central's Fate a Prickly Political Issue

http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/PrintArticle.aspx?e=2386282

Should Canada Offer Merit Pay to Teachers?

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/should-canada-offer-merit-pay-to-teachers/article1458317/

Parents Tick School Data Site

http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/parents-tick-school-data-site-20100123-mrqn.html

Colleges' Gender Gap

http://www.educationnews.org/higher_education/34144.html

Thousands protest the prorogue

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/755053--thousands-protest-the-prorogue?bn=1

Questions for proroguing PM

http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/article/755211--questions-for-proroguing-pm

More schools opening door to technology

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/education/20091103_More_schools_opening_door_to_technology.html

Swine flu prompts hundreds of schools to close

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iu1XeOZnzPrr-dJpEmcibGTDP9wAD9BKB4FG4

U.S.A.

Many teachers 'face false claims'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8325170.stm

Don't put children in a bubble

http://centretownnewsonline.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1082&Itemid=101

Kudos to the English teachers

User-friendly report cards approved for public schools

http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/article/718172--user-friendly-report-cards-approved-for-public-schools

Girls are dieting at aged ten and half of teens would consider surgery to change their looks, study reveals

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1224808/Girls-dieting-aged-half-teens-consider-surgery-change-looks-study-reveals.html

Very disturbing report on a UK study

Rich: Make students accountable for more than grades, test scores

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/dorothy-rich/the-education-world-has-lost.html

The three Rs and neuroscience: A love story

http://www.thestar.com/atkinsonseries/atkinson2009/article/719291--the-three-rs-and-neuroscience-a-love-story

New teachers face tough job market

http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2149354

No quick fix for gender gap in education

http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/717681

World Teachers' Day

http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/education/article/703435--world-teachers-day

Celebrating some of our colleagues

Pencils, schmencils, I need a laptop

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/pencils-schmencils-i-need-a-laptop/article707129/

Brain science to help teachers get into kids' heads

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327265.800-brain-science-to-help-teachers-get-into-kids-heads.html?DCMP=OTC-rss

The Myths and Misconceptions section is very interesting.

Unions considering Sats boycott

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8261616.stm

in the UK

EQAO results and your child

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/eqao-results-and-your-child/article1291546/

Includes a very interesting discussion with Annie Kidder from People for Education

EQAO Tests Are Not a Realistic Measure of Student Achievement

http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2009/17/c6232.html

One in six first-year university students will not make the grade

http://www.metronews.ca/ottawa/live/article/316460--one-in-six-first-year-university-students-will-not-make-the-grade

Definitely worth reading.

Which High School Students Are Most Likely to Graduate From College?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20090910/ts_usnews/whichhighschoolstudentsaremostlikelytograduatefromcollege

Very interesting.

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