Full-Day Schooling for 3-5 is Daycare Through the Back Door (broken link)—article in Hamilton Spectator by Kate Tennier
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Ministry of Education reply does not provide list of those invited to consultation or list of those involved in ECLC
Helen Ward:The Agency itself is a temporary office located within the Ministry of Education made up of staff from the two ministries, as I described below, and led by the Ministry of Education It is a cooperative venture between the…
Institutionalized daycare in the Spin Cycle
July 14, 2008 - Canadian Taxpayers FederationParents and governments across Canada have rejected institutionalized daycare programs. So what is the B.C. government offering now? All-day kindergarten. No matter how the government tries to spin it, all-day kindergarten is nothing more…
Kids First submission to BC Early Learning Agency on all-day schooling for 3 to 5 year olds
Kids First submission to BC Early Learning Agency on all-day schooling for 3 to 5 year olds: July 5, 2008. Helen Ward. Kids Fist Parent Association of Canada - government submission: "Comments" (PDF) This document can also be found in…
Kids First Requests names of “stakeholders” invited to all-day schooling consultations
From: Helen Ward [mailto:info@kidsfirstcanada.org]Sent: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 10:17 PMTo: Kennedy, Susan E EDUC:EXSubject: Re: Your question Thank you for your reply. Could you provide more details as to the membership of the ECLA? You mention "parent advocacy organizations", stakeholders,…
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Press Release June 27, 2008
The BC government is conducting a secretive so-called "public" consultation on early learning—but parents are not invited. The issue is full day schooling for ages 3-5. Online consultation at: http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/ecla/ (broken link) There is a July 18 deadline.Such a major…
HELP Findings that Contradict HELP’s Promotion of Early Schooling/Daycare (broken link)
Negative behavioural outcomes found for daycare centres "Pro-social behaviour scores were lowest for children in licensed day care and highest for children in unregulated home care and relative care." Statistics Canada "National Data Sets: Sources of Information for Canadian Child…
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Thousands choosing computers over classroom
Excerpts from the article by Cathryn Atkinson. The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ont.: Apr 30, 2008. pg. S.3 Program offering distance-learning courses has nearly tripled its online student body since its launch less than three years ago Logging onto the…
Spring 2008: Kids First Submission to the Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science, and Technology re: OECD “Starting Strong II” Report and Kids First Policy Recommendations
Spring 2008. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - government submission (PDF): "Submission to SEnate Committe on Social Affairs, Science and Technology" and Spring 2008. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - government submission (PDF): "Policy Recommendations 2008 Inclusion, Equality,…
BC Ministry of Education response of Mar 4, 2008 to Kids First request for equitable parental participation in talks on full-day schooling for ages 3-5
Helen Ward, PresidentKids First Parent Association of Canada Email: info@kidsfirstcanada.org March 4, 2007 [sic]Our Ref: 124874 Dear Helen Ward: Thank you for your email dated February 29, 2008, sent to the Honourable Shirley Bond, Minister of Education, regarding your concerns…
