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The Ontario Fail-to-Fill Issue

Zaiba Beg and Todd Rimmington consider the causes and impacts of the fail-to-fills.

Book & Backpack

Jim Giles

Home and school partnerships that keep going and going...

Literacy Links... Generations of Readers Ioaether

Seema Mehta

Passion is an extreme word, and like most extreme words, it carries a heavy weight that is difficult to uplift by the force of just one person, perhaps because it is so strongly rooted in the elements of knowledge, success and appreciation.

Keep Your Eye on the Prize

Vivian McCaffrey

The fight against teacher recertification will only be won at the political level and with the support of strong, collective action on the part of teachers across the province.

The Silver Birch Reading Award Program: The Children's Choice

Jacqui Shields and Cathie Rose

As teacher-librarians, we collaborate with our classroom teachers to identify students who are reading at an independent level, and who could benefit from an enriched reading program. One such program is the Ontario Library Association’s Silver Birch Reading Award.

L'intérgration de la technologie

Tania Sterling

Motiver des élèves de français cadre, niveau intermédiaire, n’est pas chose facile. Or la technologie s’avère un des meilleurs outils pour y parvenir. Après les succès obtenus dans mes classes, je me suis aperçue qu’il existait en fait un grand nombre de possibilités quant aux façons d’intégrer la technologie.

African Heritage Month: The Yearly Challenge

Marva Major

In February, many schools plan event filled Black History Month activities focused on showcasing the cultural and historical contributions of people of African descent within Canada and the world. During my first four years of teaching, I organized similar activities, but I often felt something was missing.