Media

Jonathan Tilly (teacher), Kathleen Tilly (teacher) and Joyce Grant (journalist) are available for interviews and school visits.

 

Reprint Permission
If you’d like to reprint something from our website, please let us know. We’re generally OK with people reprinting excerpts as long as they’re not too long and we’re given credit as well as a link back to our site. Something like this:

Teaching Kids News offers kid-friendly news articles plus teaching curriculum points.

Most images and photos, however, are copyrighted to someone else so it’s best not to use them unless you get the owner’s permission.

 

School Visits
Jonathan Tilly is a brilliant educator who teaches kids in a manner that is inclusive, respectful and effective. He can visit with the teachers at your school to share his vision and his passion for education.

 

TKN In The News
Teaching Kids News, by Kim Pallozzi (Professionally Speaking magazine, Oct. 2011)

Raising Media Savvy Kids, by Katherine Gougeon (2011) 

This just in: TKN delivers the news to students (Toronto District School Board online, Top Story, April 2011)

Teachkidsnews.com brings the world to the classroom (Globe and Mail, April 6, A14)

For the minds of babes (CBC Radio One’s As It Happens with Carol Off, aired April 7, 2011)

 

Upcoming Events
Reading For The Love Of It 2012 Conference, Sheraton Centre, Toronto
Thursday, Feb. 9: Teaching Kids News: Building a Media-Savvy Classroom
Friday, Feb. 10: Fostering Critical Thinking Through Media Literacy

Getting Kids Reading

This website is a companion to Getting Kids Reading. GKR is a non-profit website with tips, ideas, activities and games to help parents encourage their kids to become lifelong readers.