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Charles Pascal was a renowned global expert on public education, notably in the field of early childhood development.Courtesy of the Family
Miss Pond would have smacked her hands together with satisfaction. She had been right about Charlie.
Charles Elliott Pascal entered Miss Pond’s third grade class at DeWitt Clinton Elementary School in Chicago with a reputation for “acting out.”
Mr. Pascal later wrote about his third-grade arrival: “I was a bored kid that had regularly been sent home for mischief.” He then encountered his new teacher. “Miss Pond learned of my love of baseball and…
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Mr. Speaker, as we prepare to wrap up another school year, I would like to highlight a number of exciting initiatives that reflect our government’s commitment to improve student outcomes in the Northwest Territories.
This semester, three high schools in the territory piloted the new Northern Studies 30 course. This made-in-the-NWT high school course is the first in the territory to follow British Columbia’s curricular framework.
Topics range from oral history and traditions, to historical land use, colonization, language reclamation, NWT treaties and land claim agreements, government consensus and Arctic sovereignty. It also delves into the role…
If you observe a kindergarten classroom, its games, songs, stories and activities might seem to be just for fun.
But play-based learning helps children develop skills and knowledge before elementary school and provides an essential foundation for learning in later years.
The framework guiding Ontario’s full-day kindergarten emphasizes play-based learning, which has demonstrated successful learning outcomes in kindergarten and beyond.
What if we could discover key features of early child development that correlate with strong learning pathways through high school? Educators could use that information to ensure all students, especially those who are struggling in school, are getting the supports…
Number of Chinese kindergartens drops in 2022 for first time in 15 years-media | The Mighty 790 KFGO
HONG KONG (Reuters) – The number of kindergartens in China has dropped for the first time in 15 years, falling by more than 5,000 on the previous year, financial news outlet Yicai reported, citing data from the country’s Education Ministry.
Concerns about China’s shrinking population have prompted more than 20 recommendations by members of the country’s top political advisory body to boost birth rates, with experts saying some measures could help slow its population decline.
There were a total of 289,200 kindergartens nationwide in 2022, the Education Ministry said on Thursday. The fall compared to previous years was due to…