Reading, writing, rotating: Class keeps kids in motion

From the Toronto Star - December 1, 2009 - written by Louise Brown
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“New $5,000 Christian Literary Award Established”
From Canadian News Wire - November 24, 2009

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“High school ditches text books for digital readers”
From the Toronto Star - November 18, 2009
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Toronto journalist, Alana Mitchell, is a writer and a journalist that specializes in global science issues. Over the past year she spent much time investigating the push to use brain science to improve education.

The series of her articles investigating this controversial issue first appeared in the Toronto Star on Saturday, October 31, 2009 and it ran until Saturday, November 7, 2009.

The series is also available through the Toronto Star website. To access one of the articles that appeared in the series, click on one of the hyperlink below.

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“Curriculum examines what puts kids on the street”
From the Toronto Star - October 26, 2009 - written by Louise Brown

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“No quick fix for gender gap in education
Research offers no proof that segregated schools will equalize boys’ and girls’ academic achievement”
From the Toronto Star - Thursday, October 29, 2009 - written by Charles Ungerleider
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“First Montreal Shoah conference for teachers a success”
From the Jewish Tribune - Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - written by Mike Cohen

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