The family of a 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded his teacher in Virginia said Thursday that the child suffered from “an acute disability” and that one of his parents usually accompanied him in class but did not the week the shooting occurred.
Lawyer: 6-year-old who shot teacher has ‘acute disability’ | AP News
The province has reached a tentative four-year agreement with education workers represented by the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario. Ford government reaches tentative, four-year deal with 3,500 ETFO education workers (thestar.com)
On Sunday morning, CUPE, the union representing educational support workers issued their five-day notice of strike action Union threatens to strike then cries foul as Ford says he’ll legislate | Toronto Sun
Andrea Anao’s son will be going into Grade 9 next fall, but she’s concerned he won’t be as prepared as he should be because he hasn’t had a permanent French teacher in months. Kitchener parent…
Identity politics dominate Waterloo Region public school board race ‘The Waterloo public board is really at the centre of the current culture war in Canadian education systems’ | TheRecord.com
‘We need to acknowledge that systemic racism, and act on it,’ says statement from Loretta Notten Waterloo Catholic director of education apologizes, clarifies comments on systemic racism | CBC News
TDSB launches tracking tool to provide greater clarity around absenteeism as COVID continues to spread in the community. How many students and staff are absent at your school? | The Star