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Classroom at home: Sidney Ledson teaches his daughter Jena, 15, at home after removing the girl from Scarborough high school because he felt her education was suffering
Classroom at home: Sidney Ledson teaches his daughter Jena, 15, at home after removing the girl from Scarborough high school because he felt her education was suffering

Classroom at home: Sidney Ledson teaches his daughter Jena, 15, at home after removing the girl from Scarborough high school because he felt her education was suffering

Date1/15/1985
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0129299F
Not a typical professor, Robert Logan teaches students at his two-hour class at Seed, Toronto's unconventional high school operating from rented rooms in the Young Men's Hebrew Association building on Spadina Ave
Not a typical professor, Robert Logan teaches students at his two-hour class at Seed, Toronto's unconventional high school operating from rented rooms in the Young Men's Hebrew Association building on Spadina Ave
2/16/1971
. . . and away: Sidney Ledson, who claims he can put any child well on the way to reading in just 60 days, uses letter and combinations of letters to help three tiny pupils. Left to right are Michael D'Alessandro, 3, Sarah Jayne Puppi, 2, and Jacqueline Symons, 3. Ledson has written two books on the subject.
. . . and away: Sidney Ledson, who claims he can put any child well on the way to reading in just 60 days, uses letter and combinations of letters to help three tiny pupils. Left to right are Michael D'Alessandro, 3, Sarah Jayne Puppi, 2, and Jacqueline Symons, 3. Ledson has written two books on the subject.
11/30/1983
Home-grown: Oakville's John Donelian, who teaches a course on perfume at Seneca College, creates, produces and markets his own fragrances.
Home-grown: Oakville's John Donelian, who teaches a course on perfume at Seneca College, creates, produces and markets his own fragrances.
6/6/1984
Education In Metro Takes A Long Leap Backward, Marion Peart, dressed as a teacher might have in 1861 teaches her Grade 5 class of children from Etobic(...)
Education In Metro Takes A Long Leap Backward, Marion Peart, dressed as a teacher might have in 1861 teaches her Grade 5 class of children from Etobic(...)
9/23/1971
Rev. Peter Hill in front of Emmanuel Anglican Church, He also teaches at St. Joseph's High School and coaches athletics
Rev. Peter Hill in front of Emmanuel Anglican Church, He also teaches at St. Joseph's High School and coaches athletics
10/7/1971
Everything fits: That's as it should be - Ken Cummings is the teacher and if he can't do it right, everyone's in trouble. Cummings instructs in furniture design at Humber College and teaches his students to strive for a combination of good looks and practicality. Students are quick to pick this up, he says.
Everything fits: That's as it should be - Ken Cummings is the teacher and if he can't do it right, everyone's in trouble. Cummings instructs in furniture design at Humber College and teaches his students to strive for a combination of good looks and practicality. Students are quick to pick this up, he says.
8/13/1979
Alfred Luck at the job he's wanted all his life. The former air fordce sergeant and map-maker now teaches small children
Alfred Luck at the job he's wanted all his life. The former air fordce sergeant and map-maker now teaches small children
2/26/1971
Communicating: Ernest C. Drury School superintendent Paul Bartu checks out Andrew Wilson, 5, in the schoolyard while Linda McLaughlin teaches her Grade 1 class
Communicating: Ernest C. Drury School superintendent Paul Bartu checks out Andrew Wilson, 5, in the schoolyard while Linda McLaughlin teaches her Grade 1 class
5/31/1988
Communicating: Ernest C. Drury School superintendent Paul Bartu checks out Andrew Wilson, 5, in the schoolyard while Linda McLaughlin teaches her Grade 1 class
Communicating: Ernest C. Drury School superintendent Paul Bartu checks out Andrew Wilson, 5, in the schoolyard while Linda McLaughlin teaches her Grade 1 class
5/31/1988
He beat the grind: Working by day at a full-time job and taking courses to complete a degree program part-time teaches you to grit your teeth and finish,' says Dennis Rose, general manager of a Weston company
He beat the grind: Working by day at a full-time job and taking courses to complete a degree program part-time teaches you to grit your teeth and finish,' says Dennis Rose, general manager of a Weston company
2/1/1982
Victor Rodych: He teaches that optimal communication is more important than winning and losing.
Victor Rodych: He teaches that optimal communication is more important than winning and losing.
6/8/1983
Professor Fred DeLory, (above) who teaches civil engineering at University of Toronto, restored 60-year-old steamboat from a Connecticut estate and it now chugs around Toronto harbor, attaining speeds up to 9 m.p.h. It's still unnamed.
Professor Fred DeLory, (above) who teaches civil engineering at University of Toronto, restored 60-year-old steamboat from a Connecticut estate and it now chugs around Toronto harbor, attaining speeds up to 9 m.p.h. It's still unnamed.
7/22/1974