This week, the largest school board in Canada launched a process to answer a question that is very much on the minds of parents, governments and researchers around the world: What should they do about cellphones in the classroom?
Cellphone use in schools should be restricted, not banned, educators say – The Globe and Mail
TORONTO – The Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA) is extremely alarmed by a government memo to school boards, recommending that boards stop hiring teachers and other staff, including hiring needed to fill vacancies for…
Students attending York Catholic District School Board (YCDSB) schools are calling on the board to help make LGBTQ2S+ students and staff feel safer at school, after peaceful demonstrations were met with violence last week. YCDSB…
Well, there’s always room within the education system to test students who are struggling with reading and writing – but to blanket test every student in the system doesn’t make a lot of sense to…
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…
As young learners get ready to go back to school with most pandemic restrictions lifted, the majority of their classmates in Waterloo Region will not be fully vaccinated. ‘This is a concern’: Most Waterloo Region…
Some parents are questioning whether WCDSB trustee Wendy Ashby can perform her duties as required after seeing tweets she posted about White Christians Outrage circulates over Catholic board trustee’s tweets – CambridgeToday.ca