Ontario Ministry of Education
UW professors vote re: joining secondary school teachers’ union
I’ve always been worried by the talk south of the border of a “K – 16″ educational system. I’m not quite sure how we’re supposed to believe that it’s a good idea for the same people who teach “A, B, C..” to be contained within the same organizational unit as those who teach astrophysics and [...]
Tennier and Ward • More school isn’t always better
Sometimes it kind of sneaks up on you when out in the “real world” decisions are made or policies are implemented that you’ve already “concluded” are bad news. I got one of these jolts a few days ago when I saw Premier McGuinty on the news announcing a target date of 2010 for the implementation [...]
Queen’s University Math Requirements
Queen’s University offers a nice feature for prospective university students, a blog where they post up-to-date announcements, such as their New Math-Old Math conversion chart. November 8′s entry MCB, MGA, MDM, MCV, MHF – Oh my! leads students to a page from Queen’s website that describes the math requirements for all programs, as well as [...]