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about who we are and what we do: CANADIAN YOUTH: "RAISE YOUR VOICES!" WITH NATIONAL STUDENT BANNER CONTEST "Canadas Capital Region - The National Capital Commission (NCC), in partnership with Classroom Connections, has launched a cross-Canada classroom banner contest that calls on
youth to share their views in an inspired way - with the chance to have their handiwork exhibited in the heart of the Capital. Designs should represent an issue or topic of importance to Canadian youth. The seven winning banners will be professionally produced by the NCC and flown in Major's Hill Park from May to October 2010. "
Overschooled but Undereducated Looking at current educational policy John Abbott explains the need for transformational change in the education system and a drastic reassessment of outdated thinking. No political system is safe in this brilliant analysis of why the education system is failing, and how we can shake education out of its two-century's-old inertia.
Overschooled, Undereducated "Community members, concerned parents
and District 14 officials met in Woodstock on Thursday to discuss
why today's society may be "overschooled and undereducated." With
the support of New Brunswick's Department of Education, Superintendent
Lisa Gallagher said District 14 will act as a guinea pig for the
21st Century Learning Initiative, and the goal is to develop a
strategy to help make a difference in students' lives."
"It is my privilege today to welcome
John Abbott, a well renowned educator from England and President
of the 21st Learning Century, also, Heather MacTaggart, Deputy
Director of 21st Century Learning Canada. Now John is visiting
New Brunswick for the next five days, not just the province really
but more specifically School District 14."
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"Education should reflect social change
and the demands of today's evolving workforce, according to the
21st Century Learning Initiative, an international learning research
group. The idea has earned a gold star from the Saskatoon public
school board. At a board meeting Tuesday, board members agreed
to begin "collegiate renewal," which will look at ways to better
equip students with the skills necessary in today's world. "
Children need to learn more outside class
- expert "Children should spend less time in the
classroom and more time learning from, and interacting with, the
community, says the president of the 21st Century Learning Initiative.
The 21st Century Learning Initiative's advocates new approaches
to learning that draw on a range of insights into the brain, the
functioning of society and learning as a community-wide activity.
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Blue-ribbon bunch put their time to good
youth "All eyes were on Tom d'Aquino, president
and CEO of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives (as well as
a lawyer, entrepreneur, author, educator and strategist), as he
was recently honoured by Classroom Connections at the Fairmont
Royal York in downtown Toronto. "
"By day, they are men in suits - Bay
Street investment bankers and executives. By night, they are Men
in Suits - rock band - making music for a good cause. "Making
music that people enjoy is an exhilarating thing. And at the same
time, you're supporting a great cause like social justice. What
could be better than that?" That's Don Tapscott talking, a business
strategist and author, who has written extensively on how technology
shapes culture. He also plays keyboard. Men In Suits will take
the stage tonight at the Orbit Room on College St. for a sold-out
event that will raise about $10,000 for Classroom Connections,
a Canadian non-profit group that develops teaching material to
help children learn about social justice, peace and citizenship
- subjects that tend to get short-shrift in conventional textbooks."
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Article (PDF, 114 KB)
"On Wednesday, June 2, Maurice Ford, a high school history teacher and SGI Canada member, organized with his fellow teachers and administration, the showing of the 'Seeds of Change' exhibition and the video 'A Quiet Revolution' for all 1,200 students at Dr. John M. Denison Secondary School in Newmarket, Ontario. The school is also using the Classroom Connections program, 'Cultivating Peace — Taking Action', to which SGI contributed the video 'A Quiet Revolution' and posters from the 'Seeds of Change Exhibition'."
Press
Release (link to Cultivating Peace Web
site)The Seeds of Change Exhibit Opens In Edmonton New Century, May, 2004 "In addition to very widespread use in Canada, over 100 educational institutions and NGOs in other countries also requested the Cultivating Peace resources, from Afghanistan to the USA, China and India."
CC_NewCentury_MAY04.pdf (PDF, 136 KB)Classroom Connections: How a Toronto mother hopes to bring peace to school Alberta Parent Quarterly, Fall, 2002 "Teachers across the country know the best place to discuss peace and violence is in the classroom. Throughout history we have witnessed examples of education being used to inculcate hatred and violence and we all know the power of education to influence and shape society. Teachers know they can change lives and that education is at the core of social change in our world."
CC_AlbertaParentQtly_Fall02.pdf (PDF, 347 KB)Group brings peace studies to schools Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 24 June, 2002 "The Cultivating Peace classroom activities are meant
to demonstrate the connection between interpersonal relationships and global
relationships among countries and civilizations."
CC_Kitch-WtrlooRecord_24JUN02.pdf (PDF,
99 KB)September 11 - Teachable Moment or Pandora's Box? TEACH Magazine, June, 2002 "As teachers, we recognize not only the influence
these events have on our students, but also the role of education in creating
systemic change within a culture."
CC_TEACHMagazine_JUN02.pdf (PDF,
138 KB)Teacher's Aid: Connecting corporations to classrooms for enhanced public education Laurier Campus, Summer, 2002 "Bringing the needs of educators together with the needs of sponsors was a 'Eureka' kind of thing. 'l bring them together in a way that makes sense for both, and really benefits kids,' she says.
In 1992 MacTaggart founded a non-profit organization, Classroom Connections, to create unique curriculum-based educational resources and distribute them free to schools across Canada." CC_LaurierCampus_Summer02.pdf (PDF, 215 KB)Classroom Resources Focus on Immigration TEACH Magazine, Sept - Oct, 2001 "Reviewing teachers in History, Politics, Law and ESL, have found the materials to be thorough, current, and easy-to-use in single lessons or as a unit. they reported the activities to be engaging and clear and also emphasized the value of the program in developing an inclusive environment for multi-cultural classrooms."
CC_TEACHMagazine_SEPOCT01.pdf (PDF, 168 KB)Making Contact Food In Canada, Sept, 2001 "What we do not do is start with a corporate objective and somehow drive that through the system. I don't think there's any room for that in education anywhere and I'd agree with the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF) that commercialization does not belong in the classroom."
CC_FoodInCanada_SEP01.pdf (PDF, 400 KB)Connecting Through Your Classroom TEACH Magazine, Sept - Oct, 2000 "Classroom Connections believes that the best education system results when students, parents, educators, and the community work together. We support public education and equal access to learning resources."
CC_TEACHMagazine_SEPOCT00.pdf (PDF, 624 KB)The classroom soft sell Marketing Magazine, July 24, 2000 "The one moving ahead is Classroom Connections, a non-profit organization that produces in-school videos, instructional materials and at-home supplements for parents. It does have sponsors, such as Royal Bank for materials on money and banking and Ralston Purina for pet care. Yet, as reported in our July 17 issue, the three-year-old program is so well-accepted that this fall it will add 2,200 secondary schools and another 2,500 elementary schools to a current base of 5,000 elementary schools."
CC_MarketingMag_24JUL00.pdf (PDF, 113 KB)Marketers to connect to classrooms Marketing Magazine, July 17, 2000 "The classroom. Few marketers have walked in without catching the ire of parents and teachers. Enter Classroom Connections, a Toronto-based free program that will bring corporations into 75% of Canadian classrooms - from Quebec to the Yukon - this fall."
CC_MarketingMag_17JUL00.pdf (PDF, 124 KB)Program celebrates people's differences Toronto Star, February, 2000 "Called Celebrating diversity, the program for
students in Grades 4 to 8 is a partnership between Classroom Connections,
which is a non-profit group providing a variety of resources to schools,
the Ontario Special Olympics and corporate sponsor Subway Sandwiches."
CC_TorontoStar_FEB00.pdf (PDF, 192 KB)Brand-building in the youth sector: Classroom Connections chalks up school support Strategy, January 5, 1998 "A new Toronto-based service hopes to give companies the chance to contribute to public education in the province of Ontario, while at the same time building brand awareness in a market that until now has been virtually closed to them - elementary schools."
CC_Strategy_05JAN98.pdf (PDF, 228 KB)Classroom Connections: The Community Working for the Children Education Today, Fall, 1997 "A new program from Classroom Connections offers a unique approach to education fund raising that promises great benefits to the school system and, ultimately, to the children themselves."
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