“Teachers and students are facing serious issues and the government needs to sit down to discuss them,” says OECTA President René Jansen in de Wal

Boards considering extending the use of face coverings have no authority to do so, officials say. Ontario stays firm on ending mask mandates in schools | The Star

The new school year has just started, and for many educators, safety is top of mind. Multiple unions across Canada say reports of student violence against teachers are on the rise. As Naomi Barghiel reports,…

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)

More educational assistants, custodians, ‘real wage increase’ needed Education workers short staffed and underpaid, union boss says – Sault Ste. Marie News (sootoday.com)

Amid rising violence in Ontario schools, one anonymous teacher recently took to X (formerly Twitter) to describe the physical challenges they face teaching on a day-to-day basis.  Ontario teacher describes shocking violence in school in viral…