Teaching Kids News

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Readable, teachable news. | Our Story In 2009, my son had an incredible Grade 3 teacher—Jonathan Tilly. He was enthusiastic, smart and passionate about teaching. And he was open to new ideas. As a freelance journalist, he let me come into my son’s class and for half an hour each week, to talk to the Grade 3s about what was going on in the news. And not just the light stuff. We talked about the G20 summit. And the environment. And, OK, every once in awhile Justin Bieber. Before long, parents were telling us that their kid had explained the G20 to them. They were gobsmacked . But we weren’t—we knew that kids could understand the news if it was put in context for them. And more importantly, we knew that kids want to under

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