{"id":3216,"date":"2012-12-10T08:25:10","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T15:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=3216"},"modified":"2014-09-12T10:56:25","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T16:56:25","slug":"global-edmonton-lynden-dorval-weighs-in-on-proposed-school-board-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/12\/10\/global-edmonton-lynden-dorval-weighs-in-on-proposed-school-board-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Edmonton | Lynden Dorval weighs in on proposed school board policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.globaltvedmonton.com\/lynden+dorval+weighs+in+on+proposed+school+board+policy\/6442768628\/story.html\">Global Edmonton | Lynden Dorval weighs in on proposed school board policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been following this story since Mr. Dorval was first suspended. I hope this passes.<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-3216'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3216);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3216);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(3216);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Global Edmonton | Lynden Dorval weighs in on proposed school board policy. I&#8217;ve been following this story since Mr. Dorval was first suspended. I hope this passes. Be the first to like. Like Unlike &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/12\/10\/global-edmonton-lynden-dorval-weighs-in-on-proposed-school-board-policy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[389,256],"class_list":["post-3216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational-technology","category-general","tag-educational-technology","tag-school"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-PS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2218,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/06\/01\/global-edmonton-student-gets-a-zero-teacher-gets-suspended\/","url_meta":{"origin":3216,"position":0},"title":"Global Edmonton | Student gets a zero: Teacher gets suspended","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"June 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"via Global Edmonton | Student gets a zero: Teacher gets suspended. Formal education takes another giant leap towards irrelevancy: EDMONTON \u2013 A teacher with more than three decades of experience is speaking out after he says he was suspended for giving a student a zero. Lynden Dorval has been a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Educational Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Educational Technology","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/category\/educational-technology\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2695,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/09\/01\/more-on-why-teachers-need-to-be-able-to-give-zeros\/","url_meta":{"origin":3216,"position":1},"title":"More on why teachers need to be able to give zeros&#8230;..","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"September 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"In June, an Edmonton teacher (Lynden Dorval) wa suspended from his job because he refused to stop giving zeroes to students who didn't hand in work. I posted a reaction to that here. 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