October 26, 2009: BC School Trustees Say Delay All-Day Kindergarten—Need More Cash
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Parents Association Of Canada
Some of the kids are all right (broken link)
Some of the kids are all right (broken link). National Post editorial explains how “Canada is on the wrong track” with its push for all-day kindergarten.
Age 5 too young to start school, too much testing according to a major Cambridge University review of UK primary (broken link)
Age 5 too young to start school, too much testing according to a major Cambridge University review of UK primary (broken link). News Response: October 15, 2009. Reuters - article (web): "Children at 5 “too young” to start school" Feb,…
Press Release: September 28, 2009: Replace Anti-parent Activist at Peace Summit Says Parent Group
Edmonton - A parents' group has asked for the replacement of one speaker booked for the Dalai Lama's Heart-Mind Education discussion at the Vancouver Peace Summit. Kids First Parent Association of Canada reports that World Bank consultant Clyde Hertzman is…
Exposing All Day Kindergarten Dis-Information: Clyde Hertzman of UBC's Human Early Learning Partnership Misleads the Public
Sept 8, 2009 Letter to Vancouver Sun (broken link)Dear Editor:Re: Letter from Clyde Hertzman, Sept 8, 2009Dr Hertzman incorrectly implies that Nobel Prize winning economist, James Heckman, favours universal all-day kindergarten, daycare and preschool. In fact Dr Heckman states, "advocates…
Sept 29, 2009 interview on HELP and data collection
Sept 29, 2009. Road Kill Radio - interview (web): interview on HELP and data collection
Sept 8,2009 Globe and Mail editorial “Making the Case Against Universality“ (broken link)
Sept 8, 2009 Globe and Mail editorial “Making the Case Against Universality“ (broken link)
Low Income in Canada: 2000-2007 Using the Market Basket Measure – August 2009 (broken link)
Low Income in Canada: 2000-2007 Using the Market Basket Measure – August 2009 (broken link)
Measuring Canadian “Child Poverty”—Charts Showing Actual Incomes Called the Poverty Line
All-day school report by Charles Pascal “With our best future in mind: Implementing early learning in Ontario”.
All-day school report by Charles Pascal “With our best future in mind: Implementing early learning in Ontario” (broken link). National Post—online commentary by Helen Ward, President of Kids First National Post—online commentary (broken link) by Helen Ward, President of Kids…
Social policy “ruining childhood”: Childhood is being undermined by a string of “oppressive demands” from ministers disguised as social policy, experts have claimed
Social policy “ruining childhood”: Childhood is being undermined by a string of “oppressive demands” from ministers disguised as social policy, experts have claimed. June 17, 2009 web article in Telegraph.co.uk
Pregnant woman and babies should not eat deli meat
Pregnant woman and babies should not eat deli meat (broken link)
Statistics Canada article on different low income measures
Statistics Canada article on different low income measures (PDF) June 2009. Minister of Industry. Statistics Canada - research paper (PDF): "Low income cut-offs for 2008 and low income measures for 2007"
2009: Brief to the Finance Committee for the Federal Pre-Budgetary Consultations
2009. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - gov sub (PDF): "2009 Pre-budget Consultations Submission"
15 children per staff —Staff:child ratio recommendations for 3-5 year olds by daycare lobby OECD, Martha Friendly et al
15 children per staff—Staff:child ratio recommendations for 3-5 year olds by daycare lobby OECD, Martha Friendly et al June 2009. Martha Friendly. Childcare Resource and Research Centre - research paper (PDF): "Ratios for four and five year olds: What does…