An Ottawa-area school board said it would not move to a four-day schedule at two of its elementary schools this fall after Ontario’s Education Ministry refused to approve the plan.
In March, the Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est (CECCE) announced the pilot project would begin this fall at École élémentaire catholique l’Étoile-de-l’Est in Orléans and École élémentaire catholique Saint-Rémi in Kanata, pending ministry approval.
Under the proposed schedule, students would begin their school year one week earlier and end three days later, and spend an extra 38 minutes a day in class to make up for the fifth day.…
Quebec Premier François Legault came out publicly Saturday to defend Education Minister Bernard Drainville via Facebook post.
Bernard Drainville tabled Bill 23 on Thursday. Among other things, the bill would give him full power to appoint the general directors of school service centers, overturn their decisions, and dismiss them.
According to Legault, Drainville “is taking a big step” to make the network more efficient. The premier believe it is essential “to be able to demand management and accountability agreements from the service centers.”
The cold reception of the bill by the teaching community and other political parties appeared to have…
Serbia’s education minister submitted his resignation Sunday following two mass shootings, one of them at a primary school, that left 17 people dead, while the European country’s government urged citizens to turn in all unregistered weapons or run the risk of a prison sentence.
Education Minister Branko Ruzic is the first Serbian official to resign over the shootings despite widespread calls for more senior officials to step down in the wake of the back-to-back bloodshed. Ruzic cited the “catastrophic tragedy that has engulfed our country” in explaining his decision.
Soon after the attack at the school in Belgrade, Serbia’s capital,…
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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Halifax-area school support staff including Assistive Technology Support Workers, Child and Youth Care Practitioners, Mi’kmaq and Indigenous Student Support Workers, African Nova Scotian School Support Workers, Schools Plus Community Outreach Workers, Educational Program Assistants, Early Childhood Educators and School Library Specialists are ready to strike if the provincial government doesn’t return to the bargaining table with significant wage improvements for all members.
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This weekend, Halifax-area school support staff voted decisively against accepting a tentative agreement negotiated with the government. CUPE Local 5047 represents more than 1800 education workers in the Halifax Regional…
Education property tax rebates would stick around under a Manitoba NDP government, the party leader Wab Kinew is promising, but the number of recipients will shrink.
Kinew told reporters on Monday his party wouldn’t make major changes to one of the PC government’s signature pledges.
“I don’t think you’ll see us do anything dramatically different, except when it comes to billionaires outside of the province,” Kinew said.
“To hear that some of the richest people in the world have been getting $100,000 checks from this PC government while the Manitobans are tightening their belts; we’re calling out that that’s the…
The Higgs government in New Brunswick says it is rethinking its school policy on sexual orientation and gender identity in schools because of a backlash against the guidelines.
The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development confirmed it’s reviewing the policy, designed to support gay, lesbian and trans youth, “after hearing concerns and misunderstandings of its implementation.”
The review was already underway before Education Minister Bill Hogan distanced himself and his department from a recent sexual orientation and gender identity learning session for teachers.
After a small crowd protested the session last Friday, Hogan issued a statement saying his department…
The Ontario government said Tuesday it is introducing a number of new measures to boost lagging police recruitment numbers, including eliminating a post-secondary education requirement to be hired as an officer and covering the costs of mandatory training.
“We need more police officers on our streets, more boots on the ground,” Premier Doug Ford said at a news conference at the Ontario Police College. He was joined by Solicitor General Michael Kerzner and Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw.
Ford said he had heard from the chiefs of various police services, who said they are seeing increases in major crimes like…
More education assistants, support for administrators and no layoffs for teachers are among the highlights of the 2023-24 Coquitlam school district budget.
School District 43 (SD43) has passed its 2023-24 school budget, calling it “responsive” to classroom needs.
The board of education trustees gave three readings to the financial spending plan totaling more than $476 million at its team public meeting on Tuesday (April 25).
In a statement today (April 27), SD43 called the budget “responsive” because it addressed concerns raised during consultations with teachers, administrators, support workers and parents.
Among the features of the budget next year include:
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