The Summary Statistics For Schools In Scotland 2021 have been released, with the more detailed stats being available as of March 2022. These statistics are based on the annual pupil census (conducted in September 2021) and the attendance, absence and exclusion returns for the 2020 to 2021 school year. As always, I am particularly interested in the exclusion statistics.
As you may be aware, exclusion statistics are collected only every other year, so the previous data is from 2018/19. Since then there has been a 44% drop in the number of exclusions – with education authorities noting that Covid-19 related…
Winnipeg music teacher Jewel Casselman is back in her element, leading elementary-aged students in song and guiding them on musical instruments after three years of pandemic restrictions and adapting lessons. Her students are finally getting their hands on the ukulele she purchased back in 2019, for instance, and they’re having a blast.
“You get to make music. You don’t really get to do that in math class,” noted 11-year-old Arun Sharma, a Grade 5 student.
“When we couldn’t do [music class] in the pandemic, I was a little upset,” added Grade 4 student Anna Lockerby, who’s nearly 10.
The pandemic…
Ontario’s Education Minister Stephen Lecce, accompanied by Oakville North-Burlington MPP Effie Triantafilopoulos, visited the Post’s Corners Public School on Friday, June 2, to congratulate the 12-year-old student Bhavishyaa Vignesh who won the first edition of the Space Brain Hack challenge organized by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
The education minister met Bhavishyaa Vignesh and presented a certificate of citation for her achievement and recognition of the excellence of people like her who are passionate about science, technology, engineering and math.”
“This young girl is an example to a lot of young people that if you work hard, you can literally…
A month after Premier Scott Moe said more money was on the way for school divisions, Saskatchewan’s education minister announced a $40 million top-up.
Dustin Duncan shared the news during a media conference in Saskatoon at Bishop Filevich Ukrainian Bilingual School.
“The government of Saskatchewan has funded enrollment increases in the past and I want to assure you that we will continue to increase enrollment funds to support our growing and diverse province,” Duncan said.
Duncan pledged $20 million for school divisions to address swelling enrollment numbers and $20 million to help with “classroom complexity.”
The money devoted to classrooms…
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…
Former youth in care in BC of all ages will have their tuition waived for post-secondary education as the government takes action to remove age requirements for the Tuition Waiver Program.
In 2017, the BC government developed the Provincial Tuition Waiver Program that waived tuition and fees for former youth in care between 19 and 26. Effective Aug. 1, 2023, this expanded tuition waiver will be made available to all BC former youth in care at any age as part of StrongerBC’s Future Ready plan to make education and training more accessible and affordable.
“Our government wants to ensure that…