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Ex-Whitecap DeMerit in Surrey to talk soccer at new private school
The retired American player is head soccer instructor at new Glarea Elevated Learning Former Vancouver Whitecaps captain Jay DeMerit will be in Surrey to talk about his Rise & Shine Program at a new private scho...
Relationships Are Important. How Do We Build Them Effectively With Kids?
Kent Pekel realized the importance of relationships in his own life in a new way when his wife passed away after losing a fight with breast cancer. He was left to parent three young children on his own. His chi...
Discovering Better Ways to Learn as an Adult
If you’d met Ulrich Boser while he was still in school, you might not have tagged him as a guy who would one day write a book about learning. Early in his life, at least, learning was a struggle. “School was...
Letting Kids Drive
Why doing leads to learning Years ago, I met an educator named Diane Tavenner who blew my socks off. We’d been invited by Bill and Melinda Gates to give what amounted to a private TED talk, followed by discuss...
Why did our children stop walking to school?
Naomi Buck is a freelance writer in Toronto. As a kindergarten student in 1977, I set out every morning into the vastness of North Toronto. Having been ditched by my older brother at the first hill (he had a rep...
Stop helicoptering other people’s kids
How old do you need to be to see a movie alone in New York City? I recently found out. My daughter had been asking for permission to go to the movies with her friend. They are both 9 years old and fairly mature....
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