A Harrow mom is speaking out for what she says is the public school board’s failure to handle her seven-year-old son’s education and medical needs.
Jessica McCoy says Harrow Public School limited her son’s access to class time and hasn’t accommodated his health concerns in a timely manner.
McCoy’s issues with the school went back to February last year. At that time, she said her son, who was in senior kindergarten, was only allowed to attend school for one hour a day. She was told it was because Jack was misbehaving.
However, Ontario’s Education Act says that a school board…
Classrooms across the province will hold Earth Day-themed events and activities to mark the annual environmental celebration. But what’s being taught about the environment during the rest of the school year?
Ontario’s education curriculum lays out, in broad strokes, everything that’s supposed to be taught in schools, and includes information on environmental matters. This is highlighted through the Ministry of Education’s Acting Today, Shaping Tomorrow document, a policy framework for environmental education in Ontario schools, first drafted in 2009.
According to this framework, environmental education is integrated into all grades and all subjects, as appropriate. While environmental education can relate…
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Nichole McCarthy worries about her 10-year-old son’s future.
Tristen has a diagnosis of autism. He can’t read or write — McCarthy fears he will never at this rate. She said she attended Grade 5 for only half days and is falling further and further behind.
“He can’t just sit home half of the day, every day, while all the other kids are getting instructions and schooling. …This is just going to continue snowballing. I’m worried for him,” the Grand Falls mother said.
“I’m not going to be here forever to take care of him. I’m trying to prepare him for…
Carleton University has reached a tentative agreement with the union representing teaching assistants, ending an 11-day strike by education workers at the Ottawa university.
CUPE announced late Thursday evening that the CUPE Local 4600 bargaining committee representing teaching assistants finalized a tentative deal with the university.
On Wednesday, the university and the union representing Unit 2, contract instructors, had reached a tentative agreement, and classes would resume.
More than 3,000 contract instructors and teaching assistants went on strike on March 27 to back demands for a new contract. CUPE had said the main issue in the dispute was wages, but…