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Ontario’s rushed education overhauls: concerns raised among educators – Op-Ed

Ontario elementary educators were informed via a newsletter distributed on Wednesday, June 20, of a new language curriculum to be implemented in the 2023-24 school year beginning this September. The minister of education announced plans to overhaul the language curriculum in Ontario, on the heels of the Ontario Human Rights Commission Right to Read Report, and is introducing a literacy screening tool for educators to use with learners starting in grade 2. The announced curriculum changes put an emphasis on graphemes, morphemes, and other phonic tools. The goal is for a move towards evidence-based literacy strategies. While the educators are…
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Opposition leaders want more details about the new school announcements

Nova Scotia opposition leaders say the Progressive Conservative government should be able to provide proof to the public that new schools announced in recent months — all of them in Tory districts — are those most in need of replacement. Education Minister Becky Druhan released her government’s school capital plan last month. Along with renovations and the addition of modular classrooms for some schools, the plan also includes eight new builds: four to replace existing schools and four to go in parts of Halifax Regional Municipality to address areas of high population growth. Four of those buildings have already been…
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What can Brazilian teachers learn from Ontario colleges? Dozens are in London, Niagara to find out

Dozens of Brazilian teachers have made the 7,000-kilometer trip to Ontario to learn about Canada’s education system as part of teacher training at Fanshawe College in London and Niagara College. “In Canada, we are learning another way to see people around us, and that’s a great thing so far,” Debora Menezes, an elementary special education teacher from Brasília, said about her time at Fanshawe College. Just a few weeks since arriving in London, visiting libraries, museums, markets and festivals, she’s noticed how community-oriented things are here, she said. “These differences here are going to improve the way we are helping…
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This Hogwarts Professor Accidentally Proved How Dumb Magic Education Was

The educational system in the Wizarding World is utterly imperfect, there’s no doubt about that — and this unnoticed movie detail is the best illustration to this point! Ever since the first Harry Potter book came out, fans started discussing just how flawed the education young wizards were getting was. The later books never fixed this issue, too: for us Muggles, some aspects of it really stood out, and it’s still impossible to imagine such a system producing functional adults. Sure enough, being able to cast spells and brew potions is amazing, and these skills are very much worth honing.…
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New Brunswick education minister breaks silence on teacher negotiations – New Brunswick

New Brunswick’s education minister Bill Hogan is firing back at the New Brunswick Teacher’s Federation over claims that they are being “squeezed” by the government. Hogan used part of his opening speech at the legislature’s estimates committee to address teacher wages, saying the salaries for the province’s teachers measure up favorably against their Atlantic counterparts. “Our teachers are currently compensated better than their counterparts in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland,” he said. Hogan said that the $82,296 salary in New Brunswick is above the $81,514 paid to similarly experienced teachers in Nova Scotia and the $73,242 in Newfoundland and Labrador. Teachers…
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Faculty and Students Protest Declining Quality of Education at University of Ottawa

Article content OTTAWA, Ontario — A coalition of students, academic staff, teaching assistants and research assistants at the University of Ottawa today took the unprecedented step of raising their concerns about the quality of education to the Board of Governors as one group. “Budget cuts at the University of Ottawa are seriously downgrading the quality of learning in each university classroom,” said Luc Angers, Vice-President, Membership Engagement of the Association of Part-Time Professors. Article content The group is sounding the alarm as budget cuts damage to educational quality and cuts programs, in moves that prioritize revenue over learning experience. They…
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As more medical schools withdraw from the US News rankings, how should prospective students decide where to apply?

People love to rank things: college basketball teams, vacation spots, cars, vacuum cleaners … even medical schools. But a growing number of those schools say that the most well-known rankings do a disservice to them and to prospective students, and are refusing to participate in the process. More than a dozen medical schools have recently announced that they will no longer provide data to US News & World Reports for its annual rankings because of the way those rankings are calculated. Notably, several schools that regularly place near the top, such as Harvard University, Stanford University, and the University of…
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Regina schools support hundreds of ‘unfunded’ students

Breadcrumb Trail Links Saskatchewan News Local News A spokesperson says finding extra dollars is like “digging through our couch cushions.” Published April 05, 2023 • Last updated 2 days ago • 4 minute read Josh Kramer, CFO, during a meeting held at the Catholic Education Center on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 in Regina. Photo by TROY FLEECE /Regina Leader-Post Article content Regina’s two school divisions say they are supporting an unprecedented amount of extra students this year, as a result of the boom in immigration the province has experienced since this fall. Advertisements 2 This advertisement has not been loaded…