Debbie Pushor PhD » News http://www.debbiepushor.com Creating a place and voice for parents. Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:32:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 School Advocate – YOU must be the change … http://www.debbiepushor.com/news/school-advocate-you-must-be-the-change-%e2%80%a6/ http://www.debbiepushor.com/news/school-advocate-you-must-be-the-change-%e2%80%a6/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:45:31 +0000 Debbie http://www.debbiepushor.com/?p=444 We are just a few days into the 2008-2009 school year. We can still feel the energy and anticipation of a new beginning and smell the freshness of paint and floor wax applied during the summer. Is there any reason to believe this school year will be different than any other? Is there any reason to believe there will be greater engagement of parents in our schools and in the teaching and learning that happens there?

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]]> http://www.debbiepushor.com/news/new-website-launch/feed/ 3 School Advocate – A brave new world for parents http://www.debbiepushor.com/news/school-advocate-a-brave-new-world-for-parents/ http://www.debbiepushor.com/news/school-advocate-a-brave-new-world-for-parents/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:15:40 +0000 Debbie http://eslstage.com/?p=117 Here’s a quick exercise to try at home. Close your eyes and visualize walking into your school. What do you see? Where are the parents and what are they doing? Take your time. Really think about it. Now imagine being in a room full of parents, all focusing on this same thing, together. The place is the Stong Dining Room, York University, and the person leading you through this exercise is Professor Debbie Pushor from the University of Saskatchewan.

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]]> http://www.debbiepushor.com/news/school-advocate-a-brave-new-world-for-parents/feed/ 0 Toronto Sun – Parents can’t be pushovers! http://www.debbiepushor.com/news/toronto-sun-article/ http://www.debbiepushor.com/news/toronto-sun-article/#comments Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:51:06 +0000 Debbie http://eslstage.com/?p=71 “She’s a breath of fresh air,” says Mary-Lee Halverson, a long-time parent activist who has been corresponding with Pushor for several years and attended last weekend’s parent conference. “She ‘gets it’ because she sees a role for parents that goes way beyond where it is right now.” But it’s up to Ontario’s school system to decide if it’s ready to breathe in something new.

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