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Action for the Week of December 2, 2012: Give the Gift of Opt Out | United Opt Out National

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 6 minutes ago
Action for the Week of December 2, 2012: Give the Gift of Opt Out | United Opt Out National: Action for the Week of December 2, 2012: Give the Gift of Opt Out by admin *Have you begun your holiday shopping? Start by sharing the Opt Out Toolkit. It’s free and it’s the gift that just keeps giving as we take back our public school system. It is also a great way to get prepared for National Opt Out Day on January 7th, 2013. Begin to think about how you plan to organize in your community on January 7th as we launch a new year, more determined than ever to take back our teaching profess... more »

Jersey Jazzman: Charter Schools: Normalizing Segregation?

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 12 minutes ago
Jersey Jazzman: Charter Schools: Normalizing Segregation?: Charter Schools: Normalizing Segregation? by Duke The debate about charter schools really boils down to one question: *can "successful" charters be replicated?* * *If a "successful" charter is "successful" because it spends more money, or offers extensive tutoring and personalized learning, or incorporates wrap-around services, then it's replicable. If, however, the charter is "successful" because of peer effect - *because it serves fewer kids in deep poverty, or fewer kids who don't speak English at home, or fewer kids with... more »

Charter Schools USA Lands Third Multi-Million Dollar Loan Since 2010 | Scathing Purple Musings

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 53 minutes ago
Charter Schools USA Lands Third Multi-Million Dollar Loan Since 2010 | Scathing Purple Musings: Charter Schools USA Lands Third Multi-Million Dollar Loan Since 2010 by Bob Sikes From *MELODIKA.net:* Ziegler, a specialty investment banking firm, is pleased to announce the successful closing of a $59,320,000 Series 2012 Bond issue for Renaissance Charter School, Inc. (Renaissance). This 2012 financing is the third for the borrower which includes a Series 2011 $89,235,000 issue and a Series 2010 $68,200,000 issue. Renaissance) is a Florida 501(c)(3) that holds charters for 20 operat... more »

Peg with Pen: Jefferson City Public Schools and the RTTT Grant

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 hour ago
Peg with Pen: Jefferson City Public Schools and the RTTT Grant: Jefferson City Public Schools and the RTTT Grant by Peggy My response to Jefferson City Public School's status as a finalist in the RTTT district grant competition. As a graduate of Jefferson City High School and an education activist who has been following the destruction of Race to the Top policies, I can tell you right now that accepting this Race to the Top money is the death of real learning and real teaching for the children of Jefferson City. All of the Race to the Top policies are tied to high stakes testin... more »

Public education’s new quick fix - Salon.com

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 hour ago
Public education’s new quick fix - Salon.com: Public education’s new quick fixStarry-eyed reformers have found yet another panacea for saving our school system: parent-trigger lawsBY ABBY RAPOPORT, THE AMERICAN PROSPECT This article originally appeared on The American Prospect. [image: The American Prospect]When her dyslexic second-grader landed in a failing public elementary school in Pittsburgh, single mother Jamie Fitzpatrick spotted trouble right away. Her daughter’s teacher spent class time shopping online for clothes while the kids bullied one another. Though other teache... more »

A dagger aimed at the heart of public education | Commentary | Detroit Free Press | freep.com

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 hour ago
A dagger aimed at the heart of public education | Commentary | Detroit Free Press | freep.com: A dagger aimed at the heart of public education [image: Rob Glass] ( *Editor's note: * *The following is excerpted from "an urgent call to action" the superintendent of Bloomfield Hills Schools dispatched to parents and residents in his public school district this week.*) A package of bills designed to corporatize and dismantle public education is being hastily pushed through this current lame-duck legislative session. If we do not take immediate action, I believe great damage will be do... more »

Public education creates a public | Charter schools drain public resources | greatfallstribune.com

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 hour ago
Public education creates a public | Great Falls Tribune | greatfallstribune.com: Public education creates a publicCharter schools drain public resources with no benefit [image: Charter Schools - Dividing Communities since 1991] - FILED UNDER - Opinion - Great Falls This week my husband and some two dozen other men will observe a tradition they inaugurated decades ago. They’ll gather at a local watering hole to break in the holiday season. Their professions range from medicine, education, the law and the arts to retail, finance, railroading, and beer distribution. The... more »

Ed Burger – Inspired by Math #12 « Wild About Math!

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 hour ago
Ed Burger – Inspired by Math #12 « Wild About Math!: Ed Burger – Inspired by Math #12 by Sol Here's a really fun interview with a Math professor who is engaging, smart, and has won a ton of awards. If you've ever wondered how we as teachers, parents, students, and life long learners could make a difference in a subject like Math that's been so much sucked of its life, listen to this podcast and read the short book, The Five Elements of Effective Thinking. Popout About Ed BurgerEdward B. Burger is a professor at Williams College, an educational and business consultant, and a former v... more »

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 12-2-12 Diane Ravitch's blog

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 hour ago
Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] A Student Calls for Help by dianerav After reading about Stephanie Rivera and her new national student organization (Students United for Public Education), Blake Ward got in touch with Stephanie, and he posted this comment on the blog: *“I am from Sumter, South Carolina and our newly-merged school district is facing the issues of a “Broadian” for a superintendant (as I term the graduates of Eli Broad’s Academy for Superintendants) and a school board whose decisions are almost always divided along racial ... more »

Ed Notes Online: Randi Bar Exam Proposal Raises a Bar to People of Color

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 hour ago
Ed Notes Online: Randi Bar Exam Proposal Raises a Bar to People of Color: Randi Bar Exam Proposal Raises a Bar to People of Color by ed notes online Weingarten continues her history of joining the "it must be the teachers' fault" parade with this proposal. Randi is so desperate to come up with an idea, any idea, that she can try to sell showing she is a willing participant in deform. Actually fighting back like the Chicago Teachers Union is not in her DNA. *Very smart, and insidious, of Weingarten: she's selling it as a way to blunt TFA. Is there any question that "the best and ... more »

Education Report: American Indian charter schools respond to violation notice - Inside Bay Area

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 hour ago
Education Report: American Indian charter schools respond to violation notice - Inside Bay Area: Education Report: American Indian charter schools respond to violation notice By Katy Murphy Oakland Tribune Posted: 12/02/2012 12:00:00 AM PST This is a sampling of The Education Report, Katy Murphy's Oakland schools blog. Read more atIBABuzz.com/education. Follow her at Twitter.com/katymurphy. Nov. 29: Thirteen binders of material from the American Indian Model Schools charter school organization were delivered to the Oakland Unified School District offices this week in response ... more »

Ed Notes Online: Carol Burris With a Lesson for E4E and the UFT

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 hour ago
Ed Notes Online: Carol Burris With a Lesson for E4E and the UFT: Carol Burris With a Lesson for E4E and the UFT by ed notes online Remember when Leo Casey led the UFT/AFT assault on principals like Carol Burris, one principal I would come out of retirement to work for (see my one-on-one interview with her from May 2012) for eviscerating the ed eval deal the union made with the State Ed Department? Here is a great piece I missed during the Sandy recovery. I put together a leaflet with this article for a handout at the E4E rally at City Hall park today at 2PM. I will follow up with m... more »

Daily Kos: Thoughts on the Virginia governor's race

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 hour ago
Daily Kos: Thoughts on the Virginia governor's race: Thought on the Virginia governor's race by rss@dailykos.com (teacherken) originally posted on kindler's diary yesterday as a comment. Several people requested that I post it as its own diary, so here it is, in slightly modified form. Let me speak as a Virginian since 1982 which also makes me a carpetbagger, and as someone who knows the author of this diary, and all of the major dems mentioned in the piece by kindler and in the comments on that thread. 1. Jim Webb - is NOT going to run for governor. He had his reasons not to r... more »

Florida’s Dysfunctional Charter School Laws On Display in Orlando Scandal | Scathing Purple Musings

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 hour ago
Florida’s Dysfunctional Charter School Laws On Display in Orlando Scandal | Scathing Purple Musings: Florida’s Dysfunctional Charter School Laws On Display in Orlando Scandal by Bob Sikes *Orlando Sentinel *(login required) reporter Lauren Roth has this: The failed Orange County charter school that gave its principal a payout of $519,000 in taxpayer dollars after closing in June also paid her husband more than $460,000 during a five-year period, audits show. The payments to Steven A. Young, which averaged more than $80,000 a year, were for performing “certain management services,” a... more »

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Charters and Levys

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 2 hours ago
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Charters and Levys: Charters and Levys by Charlie Mas A lot of folks have said that, following the approval of the recent charter school initiative, they will not vote to approve any more school levies. What right do charters have to local levy funds? Specifically, what right could future charter schools have to the upcoming levies in Seattle Public Schools? Four parts of Section 222, Funding, of I-1240 refer to levy money: (5) For charter schools authorized by a school district board of directors, allocations to a charter school that are incl... more »

Pencils Down? French Plan Would End Homework : NPR

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 2 hours ago
Pencils Down? French Plan Would End Homework : NPR: Pencils Down? French Plan Would End Homework by ELEANOR BEARDSLEY [image: As part of an effort to overhaul education in France, President Francois Hollande is proposing the elimination of homework.] EnlargeFred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images As part of an effort to overhaul education in France, President Francois Hollande is proposing the elimination of homework. December 2, 2012 In the name of equality, the French government has proposed doing away with homework in elementary and junior high school. French President Francois Hollande ar... more »

Schools, Degrees, and Jobs | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 2 hours ago
Schools, Degrees, and Jobs | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Schools, Degrees, and Jobs by larrycuban Three facts caught my eye in the past few days: *In California, 260,000 college graduates under the age of 30 are working in low-paying jobs that have historically gone to high school graduates and dropouts such as food services, retail sales, and clerical work. *In the past three years 35 to 60 college graduates have enrolled in Hostos Community College (Bronx, New York City) to train for careers in Information Technology (IT), nursing, and medical technician... more »

An Urban Teacher's Education: On Choice in Education

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 2 hours ago
An Urban Teacher's Education: On Choice in Education: On Choice in Education by James Boutin You know what I'm really tired of doing? Thinking of ways to market my school. You know what would probably make me a happier, more effective teacher? More time to think about my instruction and students' work with colleagues. Last month the small school I teach at was told that we need something of a new direction. The way it was presented? We have a "choice." We can begin offering AP courses, IB courses, or something else called College in the High School - which encompasses a series o... more »

DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: Who Doesn't Love Shopping? Adding and Subtracting Large Numbers!

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 10 hours ago
DIARY OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER!: Who Doesn't Love Shopping? Adding and Subtracting Large Numbers!: Who Doesn't Love Shopping? Adding and Subtracting Large Numbers! by Lisa M * **Adding and Subtracting Large Numbers* Hmmmm...How can I make adding and subtracting large numbers fun? What do I love almost as much as new technology? Shopping of course! And my students loved it as well! * **A Document, Computer, and a Calculator* I told my students I was giving them $10,000 to spend on the students in our school. They could buy them anything they wanted. I gave them a blank shopping ... more »

The Black and White of Education in Chicago's Public SchoolsSave Our Schools

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 11 hours ago
The Black and White of Education in Chicago's Public SchoolsSave Our Schools: The Black and White of Education in Chicago’s Public Schools by Server The Black and White of Education in Chicago’s Public SchoolsThe Black and White of Education in Chicago’s Public Schools In a new report being issued today, the Chicago Teachers Union in unambiguous terms makes a racial claim, contending that white businessmen and charter operators are gaining from what it calls “the chaos of (public) school closings” and “the dishonesty of underutilization.” Executive Summary: The Black and White of Ed... more »

Teachers Don't Suck !: The Past, The Present and The Future of Teaching

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 13 hours ago
Teachers Don't Suck !: The Past, The Present and The Future of Teaching: The Past, The Present and The Future of Teaching by Walt S. A teenager was brought into the Principal's office to be disciplined. The Principal spoke. "Your teacher has told me you are ignorant and apathetic. What do you have to say for yourself?" The teenager thought for a moment and then replied. "I don't know what that means and I don't care!" Do today's teachers exhibit the same mentality? Are they ignorant of how much effort was required of the their predecessors so as to enable them to enjoy the benefits... more »

Jersey Jazzman: Atrios Nails It: Teachers Are Sick Of Being Dumped On

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 14 hours ago
Jersey Jazzman: Atrios Nails It: Teachers Are Sick Of Being Dumped On: Atrios Nails It: Teachers Are Sick Of Being Dumped On by Duke Leave it to the Godfather of Snark to encapsulate what 3.3 million of us are thinking: Elsewhere in the article someone discusses the family's commitment to public service. Argh. This isn't about Romney, just this conceit that being a member of Congress, or a governor, or the fucking president, is about "public service." *There are public servants, like the teachers everybody dumps on these days, but people with high paying cushy jobs which virtuall... more »

this week's angriest posts Angry Asian Man @angryasianman Stay Angry. angryasianman.com

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 14 hours ago
this week's angriest posts: *this week's angriest posts* Not necessarily the angriest, just the most viewed. racist idiots watch *red dawn*, tweet about it this dorm mate has hmong "problems" ucla's vietnamese student union vandalized bill o'reilly offers his expert opinion on "gangnam style" one guy's quest for rejection, a crazy donut order, and an awesome krispy kreme employee dollar store gets a big black friday surprise "gangnam style" is the most viewed video of all time man faces trial in racist attack man loses finger in racist knife attack live action remake of *gr... more »

Check Out What We’ve Been Doing In Class…. | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 14 hours ago
Check Out What We’ve Been Doing In Class…. | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…: Check Out What We’ve Been Doing In Class…. by Larry Ferlazzo You might, or might not, want to check out our ESL class’ blog and what we’ve been doing recently. One is a project on culture from our Geography class, which includes a fun Animoto slideshow. Another has student videos where they converted their problem-solution essays into dialogues. If you find those interesting/useful, you could explore our other class blogs, too: - Class Blog: Intermediate ELD - Class Blog: Ninth Grade English ... more »

Schools Matter: Money, Test Prep, Money,Exams,Money

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 15 hours ago
Schools Matter: Money, Test Prep, Money,Exams,Money: Money, Test Prep, Money,Exams,Money by Judy Rabin Guest Post: Robert Rendo Nationally Board Certified Teacher, New York Public education has long become a billion dollar industry, according to a report put out way back in 2007 by Thomas Meldon, professor in the Benerd School of Education at the University of the Pacific in California, and editor of Teacher Education Quarterly, and Bruce A. Jones, professor and director of the David C. Anchin Center at the University of South Florida. In their fact finding, they state that comp... more »

Diane in the Evening 12-1-12 Diane Ravitch's blog

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 16 hours ago
Diane Ravitch's blog: Cheating Students in D.C. with Phony Credentials by dianerav http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324352004578131361948093492.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion - [image: The Wall Street Journal] - CROSS COUNTRY - November 30, 2012, 6:35 p.m. ET How Washington, D.C., Schools Cheat Their Students Twice*Kids who fail their courses go to phony Credit Recovery classes. No wonder so many high-school graduates are at or near a fifth-grade level.* * * Nikhil Goyal Flunks Obama’s Education Policies by dianerav Nikhil Goyal is a high school stude... more »

Hunger Strike for Education.southbronxschool.com

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 17 hours ago
http://www.southbronxschool.com: Hunger Strike for Education by noreply@blogger.com (Bronx Teacher) How have we gotten to this point? How have we gotten to be on the precipice of the death of education in the United States of America? There is plenty of blame to go around. But, we need to look inward. There are two things that are hurting us as educators that need to be fixed before we can reverse the course education has taken. The culture of teaching and apathy. But there is a solution. I'm not going to get too much into the culture and the apathy. I really don't want to paint w... more »

NYC Public School Parents: The ever-expanding rationales and rhetoric of the privateers

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 18 hours ago
NYC Public School Parents: The ever-expanding rationales and rhetoric of the privateers: The ever-expanding rationales and rhetoric of the privateers by Leonie Haimson In NYC and elsewhere, the charter school lobby initially explained their rationale as providing more “options” to students at schools in low-performing districts. Then they began justifying them by saying they would create more “diversity” in mixed or gentrifying areas, and also argued that they create more options for middle class parents who are potentially shut out of their zoned schools because of overcrowdin... more »

What ‘Presence’ Are You Giving This Holiday? | Connected Principals

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 20 hours ago
What ‘Presence’ Are You Giving This Holiday? | Connected Principals: What ‘Presence’ Are You Giving This Holiday? by rmcallister cc licensed BY flickr photo shared by Robo Android Today was one of our monthly administrative meetings for all principals in the district. It started off with some training on the SLDS (Student Longitudinal Data System) that is in operation in the state. The training was designed as an overview of the functionality of SLDS. Due to the length of the training, we were promised lunch and time to chat with colleagues. I have to say, that was when the real me... more »

Has the Florida Department of Education Become a Propaganda Arm of the Education Reform Movement? | Scathing Purple Musings

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 20 hours ago
Has the Florida Department of Education Become a Propaganda Arm of the Education Reform Movement? | Scathing Purple Musings: Has the Florida Department of Education Become a Propaganda Arm of the Education Reform Movement? by Bob Sikes It should come as no surprise to anyone that the hacks at the Florida Department of Education would quickly respond to a U.S. Department of Education report which found Florida graduation rates to be, well, abysmal. It took four days. Lets compare the two reports. On Monday, Gradebook’s Jeff Solocheck wrote this of the federal report: The new fe... more »

Seattle Schools Community Forum: Youth Voices Against Violence Contest

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
Seattle Schools Community Forum: Youth Voices Against Violence Contest: Youth Voices Against Violence Contest by Melissa Westbrook From Puget Sound-Off: *CALL FOR AUDIO ENTRIES!*** *Calling all journalists, poets, rappers, writers, actors and activists!* Our audio contest is in full swing, but we still need to hear from YOU! So, we are extending our deadline and accepting submissions through the *end of the year*. Take advantage of holiday breaks and lend your voice to our campaign for youth violence prevention. *Silence is not the answer*. Puget SoundOff and Tabu are inviting ... more »

Jersey Jazzman: How Do Voucher Cheerleaders Keep Their Heads From Exploding?

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 22 hours ago
Jersey Jazzman: How Do Voucher Cheerleaders Keep Their Heads From Exploding?: How Do Voucher Cheerleaders Keep Their Heads From Exploding? by Duke Leonie Haimson Twitter-points us to this gem about the trial in Louisiana that eventually determined school vouchers were unconstitutional: The second day of the state district court trial to determine if Louisiana’s School Choice Act (Act 2) is constitutional began with the plaintiffs calling Beth Scioneaux to the witness stand, Scioneaux, who has worked for the Louisiana Department of Education for 19 years, is currently the deput... more »

Ed Schools – The Sequel: Rise of the Intellectually Dead « School Finance 101

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
Ed Schools – The Sequel: Rise of the Intellectually Dead « School Finance 101: Ed Schools – The Sequel: Rise of the Intellectually Dead by schoolfinance101 *Warning: The following post contains the elitist musings of an ivory tower professor who has only professed at major research universities, who attended a selective liberal arts college & received his doctorate from an Ivy league institution (well… a branch of one… Teachers College at Columbia).* A while back, I wrote a post on “ed schools” the point of which was to show the shift in production of degrees that had occurred be... more »

Jersey Jazzman: Reformy Maniac Ben Chavis Update

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 23 hours ago
Jersey Jazzman: Reformy Maniac Ben Chavis Update: Reformy Maniac Ben Chavis Update by Duke School privatizers like Whitney Tilson absolutely love "reformers" like Ben Chavis (no, not *that* Ben Chavis, *this*Ben Chavis). They love the bluster and the bravado. They love the wild profanity and the vague homophobia ("*You should be wearing a dress!*"). They love the telegenic swag when guys like Chavis start spewing incoherent nonsense about how the biggest problem in American education is teachers unions. Well, Whitney, you told us "*I LIKE this guy!*"; what does that say about y... more »

How $tudent$ 4 Education Reform Jumped the Shark | EduShyster

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
How $tudent$ 4 Education Reform Jumped the Shark | EduShyster: How $tudent$ 4 Education Reform Jumped the Shark by edushyster2012 RALLY SWAG—SFER activists from Columbia and NYU wore hats summing up their demand that city’s teachers hurry up already and agree to be evaluated on the basis of their students’ test scores. *The crowd may not have been much, but as rallies go, this one was a big deal. Impassioned young people, bundled against the New York cold, risking everything for a cause they believe in, one that, if their voices are heard, could transform the lives of millions of p... more »

Rob Glass, Michigan Superintendent, Asks Parents To Oppose 'Ideologically-Driven' Education Bills

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
Rob Glass, Michigan Superintendent, Asks Parents To Oppose 'Ideologically-Driven' Education Bills: Rob Glass, Michigan Superintendent, Asks Parents To Oppose 'Ideologically-Driven' Education Bills **Posted: 11/30/2012 4:37 pm EST Updated: 11/30/2012 5:38 pm EST The superintendent of a tony Metro Detroit suburb posted an alert on his official school website, warning parents about "a package of bills designed to corporatize and dismantle public education" that are now being considered by the state legislature during its current lame-duck session. Bloomfield Hills School Superinten... more »

Marie Corfield: Education Hero!

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
*Jersey Jazzman: Marie Corfield is My Hero* *Jersey Jazzman: Marie Corfield is My Hero: *

LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 12-1-12 Diane Ravitch's blog

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
Diane Ravitch's blog: [image: Click on picture to Listen to Diane Ravitch] More Detail on Louisiana Voucher Ruling by dianerav The decision to declare illegal the funding of the voucher program is very important. Vouchers were to be funded by taking money that was dedicated to public elementary and secondary schools. The decision was about the funding mechanism. If the politicians want a voucher program, they can’t take money out of the minimum foundation funding for public schools. Like, they could raise taxes to pay for kids to go to religious schools and learn about creationis... more »

Ed Notes Online: Rockaway Update: A Visit to The Wave, Occupy Sandy and Change the Stakes

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
Ed Notes Online: Rockaway Update: A Visit to The Wave, Occupy Sandy and Change the Stakes: Rockaway Update: A Visit to The Wave, Occupy Sandy and Change the Stakes by ed notes online I took a second day off from doing any work around the house on Friday. A sign that things are moving towards normal was a decision to attend the 5:30 meeting of Change the Stakes, one of my favorite groups of people which includes teachers, parents and principals (Carol Burris is an active participant on the listserve) and West Side HS principal Jean McTavish, a fierce opponent of high stakes testin... more »

The Innovative Educator: Why on earth would 2nd graders use Twitter? Read this to find out.

coopmike48 at Big Education Ape - 1 day ago
The Innovative Educator: Why on earth would 2nd graders use Twitter? Read this to find out.: Why on earth would 2nd graders use Twitter? Read this to find out. by noreply@blogger.com (Lisa Nielsen) When the second grade students in Courtney Woods class were studying places tourists like to visit, they wondered how they could get more people to visit their small Canadian town of Bathurst. Their teacher knew this was a great idea and discussed with the class the importance of sustainable tourism. The class decided they wanted to help Bathurst become more of a tourist attraction and ... more »







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