Education & Learning

High School Q&A

We spoke to Lorna McPherson, program coordinator of guidance for the Toronto District School Board, to give us the lowdown on choosing the right high school for your teen. What is the difference between...

The Parent-Teacher Interview

Parent-teacher interviews are a valuable resource to help your child achieve academic success.  It’s the perfect time to ask questions and see how you can best support your child’s learning. In...

Your Back to School Guide

Children With Special Needs

Many parents grew up during a time when children with special needs not only attended Special Education classrooms, but were also segregated from typical children in social situations. The result is that...

Get your kids motivated for the New Year

The turkey's been devoured, presents unwrapped and party hats thrown away. It's time to go back to work and return to school, so how do you get...

Real Boys

National Crisis of Boyhood Did you know eighth-grade boys are 50% more likely to be held back a grade than girls? by high school, 67% of all special-education students are boys? boys receive...

Don't Let The Weather Add Stress To Your Morning

Have you ever dressed the kids for school, only to realize that they are not prepared for the outside weather? Trying to get your kids ready...

The Handwriting on the wall

I had great plans for my son Mark, the grade four graduate last June: I was going to give him a major head start on his future academic career over the summer. I was going to teach him how to touch type...

The Benefits of Boarding School

A recent independent survey has confirmed that students who were educated in independent day and boarding schools are more prepared for post-secondary study and achieve greater career progress than students...

Secondary School

It Will Probably Be OK Most kids who are successful in grade school are the same in high school. Most make the transition just fine. But, the transition is a vulnerable time and requires heightened...

School Days: Safety First

The relatively “easy living” of summertime is quickly drawing to a close. Particularly for parents and their school-age children, there is the heightened buzz of “back to school” talks ...

Read and Grow @ Your Library This Summer

Reading clubs have become a popular pastime for many Canadian children (and their parents), who will be visiting their local library regularly while school is out this summer. And there are plenty of reasons ...

Bullying

Did you know that 6.5 million boys and 3.5 million girls are involved in fights every year on school grounds in North America? Plus, 4.5 million students are threatened with bodily harm each year, with...

Learning to read – One Vowel at a Time

“She’s just not applying herself.” “He needs to pay attention in class.” Those are probably two of the most common remarks that teachers make to parents when their children...

Academic Issues of the High School Years

"There is no doubt that steering a teenager through the high school years can be a challenge. However, it is another of life's situations where the rewards for our efforts in these years, can pay...