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Date Time Helping flood-hit companies build for future Companies affected by floods are working with a ground-breaking project aimed at protecting their future business interests. The study, led by the University of Leeds, was set up to highlight the true monetary cost of flooding to the business sector and local communities. It aims to establish a framework in which insurers work more closely with businesses that have struggled in the past to secure flood insurance. The research found that in ...

Article content Many teachers and educators clearly need to brush up on Alberta’s anti-bullying curriculum. They may teach it, but they obviously don’t live it. The vitriol, vandalism, threats and incivility hurled towards anyone who expresses support for any portion of Alberta’s K-6 draft curriculum is proof of that. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Licia Corbella: Many teachers need to brush up on anti-bullying training Back to video On ...

Article content Many teachers and educators clearly need to brush up on Alberta’s anti-bullying curriculum. They may teach it, but they obviously don’t live it. The vitriol, vandalism, threats and incivility hurled towards anyone who expresses support for any portion of Alberta’s K-6 draft curriculum is proof of that. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Corbella: Many teachers need to brush up on anti-bullying training Back to video On April ...

Article content Beyond the partisan sniping, the crux behind the war of words raging over Alberta’s new draft kindergarten to Grade 6 curriculum can be boiled down between the teaching of knowledge or the teaching of skills. The draft curriculum wants to focus on teaching a knowledge-rich curriculum, and the loud critics of the proposed new curriculum are proponents of a skill-based curriculum. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Licia Corbella: K...

Article content Beyond the partisan sniping, the crux behind the war of words raging over Alberta’s new draft kindergarten to Grade 6 curriculum can be boiled down between the teaching of knowledge or the teaching of skills. The draft curriculum wants to focus on teaching a knowledge-rich curriculum, and the loud critics of the proposed new curriculum are proponents of a skill-based curriculum. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Corbella: Knowled...

Schools in Florida and across the nation are working to address learning loss from pandemic disruptions. Early predictions suggested the spring closures may cost students a third of a year’s learning gains in reading. While national assessments of students this fall revealed a less dire picture, there are still concerns that setbacks in reading may impact our most vulnerable students, such as those from low-income families or those already performing below grade level. Given the importance of...

Time. i write in my book back to the post war era and the economy where people begin to move to the coast and build second homes and beach houses. as people move, their expectations grow. those include things like is the federal government going to contribute to build a bridge or road or repair areas that have been damaged by storms. lawmakers have added all these programs to the mix. largely because of the expectation of homeowners that also happen to be voters, right that government ought to b...

Content and that school isnt teaching content. thats when i realized, i had no idea what i was looking at. most people think schools are actually trying to build kids knowledge, then i learned that wasnt even the objective. >> if our knowledge gaps are compounded early on. logically, it makes sense that in order to fix the knowledge gap, you have to start at the beginning of the education system. so how critical are universal pre-k systems? >> preschool programs are really important, good qualit...

>> income inequality is one of the largest factors driving the academic achievement gap. not only leading to unequal investment and even more unequal adult lives in the future. joining us now, author of the new book "the knowledge gap." natalie, good morning. congratulations on the book. what is the hidden factor here? so much time, money and effort has been spent on education. we dont seem to be getting terribly far. >> weve been assuming that this gap, which is often called the achievement gap...

Suggest looking forward? >> that is an interesting question, the government has little effect. it is more a matter of local control. when the federal government has gotten involved, it hasnt always turned out that well. start talking about this problem and how we are not getting kids access to knowledge, the kids that need it the most. and that is underlying a lot of failures to the approach. we have to understand why what we have been doing srnt working. >> the book called the knowledge gap. th...