Jul 16th, 2010
The Down Syndrome Research Foundation's newly re-branded "Centre for Specialized Learning" all started with a physiotherapist who became frustrated when she sent a boy with Down...
Jul 12th, 2010
If you like the way your regional health authority board is working, the government’s review of the Vancouver school district will please you, writes Paul Willcocks in this guest editorial. ...
Jul 8th, 2010
Some students are still in school these hot July days - but are they really that unlucky?
Jun 25th, 2010
Vancouver School Board (VSB) finalized its budget for next year - for better or for worse. Better for putting an end to some of the fiery exchanges between the board and the Ministry of ...
May 28th, 2010
New research suggests that measuring a child's IQ is not the best way to predict future school success.
May 14th, 2010
Whether male or female, hipster or quilted-vest-wearing grandmother, they have one thing in common: a desire to be with kids and to help them achieve their potential.
May 7th, 2010
Outside the window are the sights of school dismissal: a 6-year-old girl walks by with the flap of her Dora back-pack hanging open; boys crowd around a hand-held video game and speak animatedly in...
Apr 28th, 2010
The only sounds at this demonstration were pages waving in the breeze, the murmur of voices reading aloud, and the helicopter in the distance.
Apr 27th, 2010
Following the example of other schools in Vancouver, Tecumseh Annex Parent Advisory Committee is co-ordinating a "read-in" this week to protest funding cuts to public education. In this bring-your-...
Apr 23rd, 2010
As the Vancouver Board of Education proposes ways of dealing with its $18.1-million shortfall for 2010/11, Education Minister Margaret MacDiarmid has appointed a governmental advisor to recommend...
