Canada

August 28, 2006:

• Getting Ready for School Begins at Home
• Largest Canadian National Spelling Bee

August 14, 2006:

• Recycling Helps Generate Funds for Schools
• Guide Helps Families Deal with Bullying
• Piercing the Clouds to Understand Climate Change
• Students Study Light Pollution

May 30, 2006:

• Education Ministers Want Amendment in Federal Copyright Legislation

May 2, 2006:

• Federal Budget Short-Changes Canadian Children

April 19, 2006:

• Grade 5 and 6 Students Vying for Publishing Prize
• Unemployment Rate for High School Dropouts Double that of University Graduates

March 15, 2006:

• Teaching Teens about Taxes

March 14, 2006:

• Ministers of Education Renew Their Commitment to Aboriginal

February 9, 2006:

• Email Improving Student Reading and Writing Test Scores

February 6, 2006:

• National Media Education Week

February 1, 2006:

• French Second Language Teachers Urged to Participate in National Survey

January 30, 2006:

• EDS Enables Students Worldwide to Experience ‘Virtual’ Research
• Robert Munsch Chats Online with Fans Across the Country on Family

January 18, 2006:

• 30 Exceptional Principals Chosen as Canada’s Most Outstanding

January 13, 2006:

• Teachers across Canada urge Newfoundland and Labrador School District to Fully reinstate Teachers
• Vote 2006 - Teachers across Canada Invited to Investigate Party Platforms

December 13, 2005:

• Canadians Under 18 to Vote in 2006 Federal Election

November 29, 2005:

• Sophisticated Tool Launched for Education Policymakers

November 28, 2005:

• Canadian Youth Learning CPR in High School
• First-Ever Pan-Canadian Forum tackling Literacy and Numeracy Challenges

November 21, 2005:

• New Partnership to Create and Distribute Language and Literacy Resource

November 18, 2005:

• 2005 Nomination Guidelines Prime Minister’s Award

November 17, 2005:

• Some lucky Canadians will enjoy a Moment with Munsch

November 14, 2005:

• Tomatosphere: Tomato Seeds in Students’ Hands

November 10, 2005:

• Second International Education Week in Canada

November 7, 2005:

• Canada’s Wired Kids: Connected, Active and Younger Than Ever

November 2, 2005:

• Thousands of Grade 9 Students from coast to Coast Experience a Day at Work

October 30, 2005:

• Governments of Canada and Quebec sign first Funding Agreement on Early

October 19, 2005:

• Deep concern at the First Nations Education Council

October 13, 2005:

• Official launch of Fire Prevention Week 2005
• Indigo Celebrates Teachers this Month

October 6, 2005:

• New Hearing Loss Prevention Program Targets Pre-Teens

October 4, 2005:

• Symposium Probes Next Generation Student Assessment

October 1, 2005:

• World Teachers’ Day is on Wednesday October 5
• Do You Know an Outstanding School Principal?

September 29, 2005:

• Pointers for Parents
• Canadian Teachers Collectively Spend Millions of Their Own Money on Professional Development Activities

September 27, 2005:

• Homework Habits Actually Do Make a Difference to Student Performance

September 21, 2005:

• Class in the Graveyard? Spooky but true. … and 24 More Great Teaching Ideas

September 15, 2005:

• RBC Financial Group Provides $1.7 million For After-school Programs

September 12, 2005:

• Project Overseas’ Orientation a Resounding Success!

August 29, 2005:

• Government of Canada funds ABC Canada Literacy Foundation Project

July 15, 2005:

• Canadian Teachers Face Longer Hours
• National Survey Reveals Trend of Commercialism and Fundraising Schemes in Canadian Schools

June 21, 2005:

• Education Ministers Disappointed With Federal Copyright Legislation
• Teachers oppose Bill C-60 as federal government makes it illegal for kids to download, save and share free Internet materials