Ontario court upholds mandatory math test for new teachers
Province initially introduced test in effort to help improve students’ math test scores Ontario court upholds mandatory math test for new teachers | CBC News
Ford government to mandate lessons on Ukrainian famine in schools
Grade 10 students will be taught about the persecution of Ukrainians during the Holodomor — or famine — as part of what Education Minister Stephen Lecce calls necessary learning on political extremism. Ford government to…
Ex-teacher silenced for book views can proceed with lawsuit against Waterloo region board after court ruling
Carolyn Burjoski removed from 2022 meeting for speaking on age appropriateness of certain books Ex-teacher silenced for book views can proceed with lawsuit against Waterloo region board after court ruling | CBC News
Parents stunned to hear about swastikas at TDSB school from their children and not administrators
The board says it takes allegations of hate and racism “very seriously” but has moved away from telling parents about these incidents. TDSB protocol prevents admin from alerting parents to hate (thestar.com)
The Kitchener byelection won’t reshape Queen’s Park. But it can tell us a lot about Ontario voters
Will the Greens end up with a second seat? Will the Liberals get back into double digits? Will the NDP be hurt by recent controversies? This race will reveal all that and more The Kitchener…
‘Action plan’ needed to address increasing violence in schools: Union leader
Amid a sharp rise in reported violence in London-area schools, the local head of the union representing elementary teachers is calling for an intervention to deal with what he calls “a crisis” in the school…
Parents frustrated by lack of response to bullying at Cambridge Catholic school
Continued bullying has prompted two parents of students at Holy Spirit Catholic Elementary School to speak out about how the situation is being handled Parents frustrated by lack of response to bullying at Cambridge Catholic…
Here’s what’s in the tentative deal between the Ford government and Ontario’s elementary school teachers
The four-year tentative deal between the provincial government and public elementary teachers union includes hiring more than 400 specialists to help young learners struggling with reading, addresses violence in schools and will see an arbitrator decide the…
Ontario’s elementary teachers to get Bill 124 back pay in new contract deal
Thousands of public school elementary teachers will receive Bill 124 back pay, Global News has learned, after the union signed a tentative four-year agreement with the Ford government. Ontario’s elementary teachers to get Bill 124…
Ontario elementary students will soon get extra reading help as part of tentative teachers’ deal
Ontario’s public elementary schools will add 401 specialist teachers to help the province’s youngest learners advance in their reading skills, according to a tentative agreement negotiated between the government, school boards and a teachers’ union….