CALGARY, AB, July 20, 2010/ Troy Media/ – While replacing Lloyd Robertson with a 40-something female anchor is a good step, Canada’s national network newscasts could use a more extensive makeover . . .
CALGARY, AB, July 18, 2010/ Troy Media/ – Extreme eating contests are the lowest form of reality television, a vulgar celebration of everything obsessive, indulgent and gross . . .
WINNIPEG, MB, July 16, 2010/ – To illustrate the importance of rote learning, let us examine the way that musicians learn to play their instruments . . .
WINNIPEG, MB, July 15, 2010/ – Alfie Kohn, one of the strongest critics of direct instruction, gives dozens of lectures every year trying to persuade teachers not to lecture . . .
WINNIPEG, MB, July 14, 2010/ – Can you imagine a driver education academy that called itself student-centered and reduced the responsibilities of instructors to facilitators? . . .
WINNIPEG, MB, July 13, 2010/ – What are the implications of inclusion policies in our schools? . . .
WINNIPEG, MB, June 30, 2010/ – Policies imposed by school boards engender less commitment than those established by the people who are directly involved in the school . . .
BOOK REVIEW – June 7, 2010 – The novel is heavy with dialogue and becomes a kind of dour drone . . .
WINNIPEG, MB, June 30, 2010/ – Tests are the only way to assess whether students are actually learning the material . . .
WINNIPEG, MB, June 23, 2010/ – Whatever happened to common sense in education? . . .