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STUDY SHOWS THAT SCHOOL BOARDS ARE A SUCCESSFUL AND EFFECTIVE MODEL FOR GOVERNANCE OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
Bydigitalfusion January 9, 2013

MONTREAL, JANUARY 9, 2013 – The Canadian School Boards Association is pleased to see the results of the study “School Boards Matter: A Pan-Canadian study of school district governance” by Bruce Sheppard, Gerald Galway, Jean Brown and John Wiens. The full report, School Boards Matter; A Pan-Canadian Study of School District Governance is available along with…

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Canadian School Boards Association is proud to have participated in the Senate Committee on Human Rights report on Cyberbullying, released in Ottawa this past December.
Bydigitalfusion January 7, 2013

MONTREAL, January 8, 2012 – The harm caused by cyberbullying is known all too well by Canadians. In fall of 2011, the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights Committee was mandated by the Senate to study this important issue and subsequently, conducted hearings with over sixty witnesses, including academic researchers, volunteers, website operators, government departments,…

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CSBA endorses “Shifting Minds: A 21st Century Vision of Public Education in Canada”
Bydigitalfusion December 18, 2012

The Canadian School Boards Association is excited to endorse “Shifting Minds: A 21st Century Vision of Public Education in Canada“. Produced by C21 Canada following the C21 Summit in February of this year and released October 4, 2012, this document was developed by a group of fifty educational and business leaders with a view to providing our…

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Best Practices in Public Education Across Canada: The Urban Aboriginal Education Project – Lakehead District School Board
Bydigitalfusion December 6, 2011

Lakehead District School Board is located in the Thunder Bay area of Ontario. With a student enrollment of just over 13,000, the board consists of twenty-five elementary, four secondary and one adult education centre. Lakehead District is one of the boards that participated in the Urban Aboriginal Education Project, an innovative provincial pilot project in the area of aboriginal…

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Best Practices in Public Education Across Canada: Lester B. Pearson School Board’s Digital Citizenship Project
Bydigitalfusion July 4, 2011

How do school boards and districts define digital citizenship? What does it mean to be a responsible digital citizen? How do boards and districts infuse the concept of digital citizenship into the school community and the curriculum? These are questions that the Lester B. Pearson School Board, an English school board located in the Montréal…

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