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NB school districts not using clause that helps students with disabilities, says advocate

New Brunswick’s child and youth advocate says the school districts aren’t doing everything they can to ensure students with disabilities are kept with the same education assistants when it serves the best interests of the children. Kelly Lambrock is now calling on the Department of Education to implement a policy by September that would oblige […]

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Alberta’s education budget features new schools and replacements, the first charter school hub

Alberta’s proposed 2023 budget will fund the construction of 13 school projects and create the province’s first charter school hub in Calgary, the education minister says. Minister Adriana LaGrange on Wednesday revealed a list of 58 projects across the province that would receive construction funding, design funding, or some preliminary money to start planning. Among

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Battleground university: Neoliberalism is silencing education | Education

In early January, news broke that Kenneth Roth, the former boss of Human Rights Watch, had been denied a fellowship by Harvard University’s John F Kennedy School of Government due to the organization’s criticism of Israel under his leadership. Douglas Elmendorf, dean of the Kennedy school, had vetoed his fellowship, expressing concern over Roth’s “anti-Israel

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