Parent group demands disciplinary action from Ontario Ministry of Education for misrepresenting studies showing negative impact for all-day KindergartenMEDIA RELEASE - time line included belowParent group demands disciplinary action from Ontario Ministry of Education for misrepresenting studies showing negative impact…
Read More Dec 2013, Kids First Media Release: Kindergarten Research Cover-up Scandal
Oct 2013 Globe and Mail column: All Day Kindergarten "No Magic Bullet"McMaster University Economist Phillip de Cicca asks, "To me, the question should be, could that money be used in a better way?" November 2013 Macleans magazine article: Full-day kindergarten…
Read More Ontario Government Misrepresents All-Day Kindergarten Research (broken links)
Oct 2013 Waterloo Record article by Maclean's editor: How full-day kindergarten makes things worse for kids. This article exposes the lies told by the Ontario government about their studies of all-day kindergarten PDF: How full-day kindergarten makes things worse for…
Read More News: Waterloo Record on how full-day kindergarten makes things worse for kids.
September 2013.The Ontario Ministry of Education produced yet another non-peer reviewed "study" showing 2 long expensive years of all-day Kindergarten produces slightly fewer children designated "vulnerable" using the subjective teacher-reported Early Development Instrument and that more schooling will "save" children…
Read More More All-Day Kindergarten Propaganda Packaged as Research
Read peer-reviewed journal articles critiquing the EDI. To view the complete copywrite-protected articles please email info@kidsfirstcanada.org The Critique “The Early Development Index and children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds” Published in the journal: Early Years: An International Journal of…
May 2013, Maclean's Magazine article: Why full-day kindergarten doesn't work. The article highlights the lack of concern for children's well-being in the education ministries and their total refusal to accept the findings of peer reviewed research. Note: the article incorrectly…
Read More Maclean's Magazine article: Why full-day kindergarten doesn't work. (broken link)
July/August 2012: Costco Connections Debate on all-day Kindergarten with Helen Ward of Kids First: Send in your input and do the poll. Here is an uncut version of the Costco article with references/links (PDF)
Discussion Paper “Modernizing Child Care” = put more daycare centres in schools June 26, 2012. Ontario Ministry of Education - discussion paper (PDF): "Modernizing Child Care in Ontario"
September 19, 2011 HELP propagandist, sociologist Dr Paul Kershaw, has a new 24-part editorial series titled "Think Like a Beaver" in the Vancouver Sun. He is pushing mass tax-funded institutional child care with misleading claims and neo-lib/con ideology. He says…
Newfoundland considering all-day Kindergarten: World Bank institutional child care lobbyist Clyde Hertzman of HELP visited Newfoundland in Feb 2011. The province is following HELP’s established pattern (BC, Ont) of highly orchestrated “consultations” and a highly selective “research” overview. CBC reporters…
Kids First Commentary September 2011. Helen Ward. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - commentary (PDF): Fat Stats, Fuzzy Numbers, False Conclusions: A Closer Look at CUPE’s Newfoundland Poll On Daycare/All-Day Kindergarten
Jonas Himmelstrand in The Irish Times:Jun 24, 2011. Jonas Himmelstrand. The Irish Times - article (web): "Rose-tinted view of ‘Nordic’ childcare based on misconceptions"
Jun 9, 2011. The Irish Times - article (web): "Nordic childcare model best for economic and social wellbeing" by Dympna Devine and Ursula Kilkelly
June 2, 2011 Vancouver Sun article—Study raises questions about full-day kindergarten (broken link)
May 28, 2011. The Irish Times - article (web): "Swedish childcare system is hardly a utopian model" by Breda O’Brien with coverage of on Jonas Himmelstrand.
