As three Canadian provinces prepare to roll out full-day kindergarten, The Globe and Mail is going into the classroom to look beyond the crayons and alphabets to examine why governments are investing billions in their youngest learners. The most ambitious program, which will see four- and five-year-olds going to school for a full day, is being introduced in Ontario. Reporter Kate Hammer and photographer Anne-Marie Jackson, in co-operation with an early learning expert from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, will follow four kindergarten pupils throughout the school year – three in full-day schooling and one in the traditional half-day program.
I’m really excited about this project. I’ll be doing many updates on each family throughout the year. Here is part one of the diary and a video introduction to each family. I hope to spin all the parts together to make three longer documentaries when the project is complete.
A second sights and sounds of G20 video for you from Sunday. I hit the streets Sunday night to experience the protests, didn’t work so well in the pouring rain so nothing great to show but will have a few photos up later.
The G8/ G20 Summit in Toronto, June 24, 2010 to June 27, 2010. I was asked to do video editing this weekend. Roger Hallett was out shooting video and delivering it to me about every two hours. Most of these piece were put together in about an hour or so. Lots of fast editing and the goal was to give an overview of what was happening during the weekend, with the spouses and during the protests. The protest video itself had to go out quick, about 30 minutes after receiving the footage. Hope you enjoy.
When Ontario’s definition of education changed more than a decade ago, adults were kicked off the list of worthy causes by the provincial government of the day. Adults over 20 get only one-third the Ministry of Education funding of their younger classmates, and as a result Ontario’s adult programs largely exist because of the educational charity of school boards. The Toronto District School Board gives generously to the adult cause with five schools, the largest of which is the City Adult Learning Centre.
Video 1:
An inside look at Chris Kubsch’s English class for adults at CALC
Video 2:
Toronto program lets dropouts test-drive the classroom
Video 3:
CALC class focuses on helping trained professionals get the skills needed to land (and keep) a job in Canada
The trick to driving a manual transmission is to make it feel like an automatic. Peter Cheney demonstrates the infamous heel and toe technique in a Mini Cooper.
Video, editing and production by Anne-Marie Jackson
