Learning inequities between students widen when instruction is exclusively remote and online content is not always context appropriate. A study of open educational resource collections found that nearly 90% of higher education online repositories were created either in Europe or in North America; 92% of the material in the Open Educational Resources Commons global library is in English.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the rapid shift to online learning left out at least half a billion students worldwide, mostly affecting the poorest and those in rural areas. The report underlines that the right to education is increasingly synonymous…
Jennifer Timmins says she often comes home from work with bruises, cuts or scratches that are hard to explain to her three children.
Timmins works as an educational assistant (EA) at a public school in inner-city Hamilton, a job that goes beyond helping students with their work. She says she often finds herself breaking up fights and managing students with aggressive behaviour, subjecting herself to violence that nearly any other worker would find unconscionable – and she wants it to stop.
“Every day I go in thinking, ‘What is my student going to do today? Are they going to give…
Texas is now the largest state in the country to tie a majority of state funding for community colleges to student achievement, rather than attendance, as the result of a law enacted this year. House Bill 8, which comes 12 years after Texas first adopted outcomes-based funding for colleges and technical schools, significantly expands on this innovative approach that prioritizes student success and expands our educated workforce.
Across the United States, most public colleges are financed by state funding based on attendance, in addition to tuition and local taxes. This traditional model rewards colleges for placing students in classrooms at…
The Honorable John Haggie, Minister of Education, today joins the Association of Early Childhood Educators of Newfoundland and Labrador, to proclaim May 28 to June 3 as Early Childhood Educators Week.
This week celebrates the significant role early childhood educators play in the lives of children in guiding their early learning and development, through well planned, optimal early childhood experiences of responsive care and play based learning.
Highly qualified early childhood educators are the key to providing quality early learning and child care for all young children in the province, both in the 8,559 spaces currently available and in all…
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Published May 29, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 5 minute read
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Public school officials are planning to hire 710 school-based staff over the next year as the Calgary Board of Education faces an ongoing surge of new students, many with complex learning needs.
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The education sector has requested the Manitoba provincial government to take another look at how it funds schools to ensure adequate division.
Education Minister Wayne Ewasko announced the government will meet with divisions and stakeholders to ensure “all feedback is considered” in terms of how school divisions earn money.
“As we focus on improving literacy and numeracy, Indigenous education, and student engagement and well-being, the views of our partners in education are incredibly important to us,” Ewasko said in a provincial release.
“We are taking the time to consult with divisions and stakeholders to ensure all feedback is considered and…
Quebec Muslim groups are taking the provincial government to court over its recently enacted prayer room ban in public schools, arguing that the order is discriminatory and violates the Charter rights to freedom of religion and association.
Five Muslim organizations filed their case this week in Quebec Superior Court, seeking a judicial review of the ban and to have it declared unconstitutional. The groups are also seeking a judgment on how secularism and the notion of religious neutrality are interpreted by the government.
“The plaintiffs request that a declaratory judgment concerning the interpretation to be given to the principles of…
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.…