Concerns about excessive centralization in the education system, with Queen’s Park encroaching on school board autonomy, are getting kid-glove treatment from Catholic trustees’ associations while the union representing Catholic teachers is raising red flags.
‘Back to basics’ bill draws educators’ concern (catholicregister.org)
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The total number of violent incident reports filed by staff went up in both elementary and secondary schools across the city, with some 3,442 and 888 respectively detailed in the 2022/2023 school year. Both almost…
By Luisa D’Amato Record Columnist Teachers often face violence even from youngest students | TheRecord.com
It’s hard not to be outraged by Ontario Education Minister Lisa Thompson’s recent announcement that her government is considering removing the caps on the class size of kindergarten and primary grades. Anyone who teaches or…
A network outage affecting students and staff for two days at York Region District School Board was the result of a cyber security “incident,” according to a board statement. Cyber security ‘incident’ at YRDSB (yorkregion.com)
The union is also suggesting the board purchase CO2 monitors ETFO Waterloo calling for HEPA units in all classrooms – CityNews Kitchener