Targets in deficit battle include literacy classesApr 23, 2008 Kristin Rushowy Toronto Star Toronto's Catholic board could axe its full-day kindergarten program – even though the [...]
Rich kids swim, poor kids sinkShe learned to swim in Lake Superior at age 6, but not all kids can go to the cottage or summer camp. Margaret Atwood dives into the school pool debate, declaring [...]
Ex-mayor cites importance of school swim programs in Depression-era T.O.Toronto Star April 19, 2008 Louise Brown If they mattered enough to be built in the middle of the Great Depression, [...]
KELLY GRANT Globe & Mail April 19, 2008 In 1998, Mike Harris's Conservative government took taxing power away from local school boards and established a new education-funding [...]
Toronto Star April 18, 2008 Louise Brown Caught in the hurricane of hormones between childhood and the adult world, pre-teens have been called the toughest to teach – but budget woes [...]
Toronto Star April 18, 2008 Kristin Rushowy EDUCATION REPORTER Continuing education will continue as is – for now. Toronto trustees decided at a meeting Wednesday [...]
Wednesday April 16, 2008 CityNews.ca A months-long battle to keep almost two-dozen Toronto District School Board pools open appears to have come to an end. Despite the countless protests [...]
Thu, April 17, 2008 CHRISTINA BLIZZARDOnce a champion of the save the pools and schools fight, now look at the education minister My, that's a most uncomfortable petard Education Minister [...]
Sun Media, Don Peat April 17, 2008One student has a good reason to stand up for the Toronto public school board pools — without them she would have a harder time standing at all. Lauren [...]
Education minister backs school closings. Move would free up funding for programsToronto Star April 17, 2008 Robert Benzie Ontario's education minister has lauded a move by the [...]