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signs of trouble
Too many leave school with the appetite killed and-Sir Richard Livingston
Posted February 18th, 2008 by carrieannToo many leave school with the appetite killed and the mind loaded with undigested lumps of information.
Suicide Prevention Matters: Teen Program Shows Success
Posted February 11th, 2008 by carrieannResearch shows ‘Signs of Suicide’ prevention program helps reduce the number of attempts by high school students.
John Abbott Challenges Faulty Assumptions About Kids
Posted January 28th, 2008 by carrieannJohn Abbott speaks about the fact that children are innately inquisitive and insists that schools need to capitalize on this fact.
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John Abbott is the President of the 21st Century Learning Initiative, an initiative to facilitate the emergence of new approaches to learning in the United Kingdom.
Tell Them From Me: Canadian Students Speak About Their Schools
Posted January 23rd, 2008 by carrieannTell Them From Me is an assessment system that measures a wide variety of indicators of student engagement and wellness, and classroom and school climate that are known to affect learning outcomes. The anonymous survey covers areas including: perceptions of testing, sports-team involvement, attendance, post-graduation goals, bullying, self esteem, student anxiety and depression.
signs of trouble
Something is clearly wrong when we see growing youth disengagement, increasing dislike for school with each passing grade and rising rates of teenage depression and suicide. Expansion of both home schooling and private school enrollment also indicate dropping confidence in public education and recent studies show that our students are getting through the system without the basic skills or problem-solving abilities needed to function in today’s economy. Minority and low income students are the hardest hit.
Many of our current arrangements for learning are -John Abbott
Posted November 29th, 2007 by adminMany of our current arrangements for learning are based on misunderstandings about how the brain functions, how learning takes place, and how young people naturally mature.
The Need for Change
Over 40 billion dollars a year is spent in Canada getting our children from Kindergarten to Grade 12,[i], yet over 40% of our youth fail to meet expected performance levels for basic subjects[ii] and almost one quarter of our children fail to graduate with their peers.[iii]. Students are disengaging grade by grade[iv], a trend illustrated by their increasing dislike for school[v], declining academic achievement[vi] and rising rates of teenage depression[vii] and suicide[viii]. Contrary to Canada’s most fundamental democratic tenets, minority and low-income children are the hardest hit[ix].
what's the problem?
Problems in education can be seen in a variety of symptoms in our youth and in our society. How did we get here and why is it so hard to change?
