Teacher training: is it a rubber stamp?

Teacher training: is it a rubber stamp?

Society
26 Sep 2006

Teachers who won’t embrace change must make way for those who will, according to Education Minister Peter Peacock. Announcing plans last week to put poorlyperforming teachers back on probation, and even sack them if they don’t improve, he insisted the... read more... Tech Tags: Society newspaper Big Read

FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD

FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD

Weekend
16 Sep 2006

Alice Waters — chef, restaurateur and philanthropist — shelters from the California sun under an arbour of kiwi fruit in the kitchen garden of the Martin Luther King Junior Middle School in Berkeley, across the bay from San Francisco. A few yards away,... read more... Tech Tags: Weekend newspaper Front Page

It’s time to tweak the allowance—again

It’s time to tweak the allowance—again
By Jeff D. Opdyke
The Wall Street Journal Europe
07 Sep 2006

WHAT MOTIVATES your child? My wife and I have beentalkingaboutthatquestion ever since our 9-year-old son returned to school a few weeks ago. The routine is already familiar: He’ll spend a few moments rooting through his knapsack, only to pop up and... read more... Tech Tags: The Wall Street Journal Europe newspaper Personal Journal: Wealth

Don’t diet, eat smart (The Province, 06 Sep 2006, Page B13)

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Don’t diet, eat smart

The Province
06 Sep 2006

can see what you are actually eating vs. what you thought you were eating. You may be eating really healthy foods but just too much of them. Cover 50 per cent of your plate with vegetables so you eat less of the other higher calorie foods. Get rid of... read more...

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Fantasy or fact – Japan’s children play safe

Fantasy or fact – Japan’s children play safe
Justin McCurry Ebina
The Guardian
02 Sep 2006

Like parents everywhere, when Ryosuke and Taemi Suzuki take their young daughter out to the local park they want her to have fun, make friends and, perhaps, try something new. But when they bring her to Fantasy Kids Resort they are practically... read more...

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