Photo: untitled by danger.beard , member of the blogTO Flickr pool . What's happening in the GTA (and sometimes beyond): Toronto District School Board (TDSB) director of education Chris Spence has some interesting ideas for public school reform - including a school for parents . "Sorry, Mom. You can't watch Grey's Anatomy until you finish your homework. And you won't be going to Florida in December if you still have a failing grade in Parenting on your mid-term report card!" Note
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Personally, I don’t care for the surveillance cameras that seem to be popping up on every single street corner. But Britain has topped the cake … They are now placing surveillance cameras in up to 20,000 private homes. The purpose is allegedly to make sure that unstable families make an effort to change by having their children do homework, eat right and so on. According to Wired News , “the kids and their families will be forced to sign ‘behavior contracts’ which will ’set out parents’ d
Wired | Aug 3, 2009 By Charlie Sorrel As an ex-Brit, I’m well aware of the authorities’ love of surveillance and snooping, but even I, a pessimistic cynic, am amazed by the governments latest plan: to install Orwell’s telescreens in 20,000 homes. £400 million ($668 million) will be spend on installing and monitoring CCTV cameras in the homes of private citizens. Why? To make sure the kids are doing their homework, going to bed early and eating their vegetables. The scheme has, astonish
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Posted by Tyler Sutherland Britain is spending $668 million to install surveillance cameras in private homes of its citizens. The idea is to monitor antisocial and troubled families, as well as to make sure children are doing their homework, going to bed early and eating their vegetables. Say it with me all at once — WHAT?! The man behind the idea is Ed Balls — and he certainly has a pair by trying to pull this off. There will also be a special task force that will randomly visit ho
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