a special sort of educator. I’ve been teaching for over 20 years, and even now, I marvel at the work educational assistants do. These are people who exercise patience as though it’s [...]
Provincial funding restrictions have led a number of Ontario’s 72 school boards short of much needed schools. By SALMAAN FAROOQUI The Canadian Press TORONTO—Serina Manek has been [...]
In a comprehensive report on Ontario’s education funding for ETFO this month economist Hugh Mackenzie has produced a revealing and very readable testament to the critical importance of the [...]
In Ontario, over 2,000 schools have been permanently shuttered since 1990. Right now, 600 schools are under review for potential closure; 500 of these schools are located in rural communities and [...]
High school graduation season was marked by a good news story this year. Ontario’s province-wide graduation rate reached an all-time high, with nearly 80 per cent of students finishing high [...]
by Shantal Otchere nowtoronto.com Jamea Zuberi is a teacher with the TDSB and member of the Black Student Achievement Advisory Committee (BSAAC). [...]
For Black students to succeed, the entire school system may have to be brought to a grinding halt and redesigned from the bottom up BY NEIL PRICE Over the past six months, I’ve been working [...]
When the Toronto police board met [last] week, a lesser-known police initiative called the School Resource Officer program was a minor item buried deep on a packed agenda — and nowhere near the [...]