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It Happens Here explores reactions to new Indigenous education standards

CATHY WURZER: You may remember that the school curriculum was a political flashpoint during the midterms around the country last year. And there are signs it will loom large in the upcoming 2024 elections as well. WTIP North Shore Community Radio recently looked at the debate over how to teach kids about Minnesota’s past, with a focus on new statewide standards that will require schools to include Indigenous history in their curriculum. Here are Staci Drouillard and Leah Lemm, cohosts of the podcast It Happens Here, The Roots of Racial Inequality on the North Shore. JOHN MORRIN: American history/white– that’s…
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Ministry delivering $40M funding top-up for Sask. school divisions

Breadcrumb Trail Links Saskatchewan Sask. Politics News An additional $40 million is coming to school divisions, announced just ahead of the June deadline for finalized budget submissions. Published June 01, 2023 • Last updated Jun 02, 2023 • 3 minute read Thousands gathered at the Rally for Education at the Legislature in Regina on Saturday April 29, 2023. Photo: Larissa Kurz/Regina Leader-Post Photo by Larissa Kurz /Regina Leader-Post Article content In response to lacerating criticisms from across the education sector of chronic underspending, the provincial government has followed through on a promise for more funding for school divisions. Advertisements 2…
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Sask. education minister supports Catholic schools’ stance on ‘Rainbow Tent’

Saskatchewan’s Minister of Education says it should be a parent’s right to decide if their child participates in programming related to gender and sexual diversity. On Thursday, Minister Dustin Duncan responded to questions about a leaked email from the Catholic school superintendent directing teachers not to take their students to an LGBTQ2S+ “Rainbow Tent” at the Nutrien Children’s Festival. “Certainly I do support the division’s decision on this, and certainly they have the autonomy to make that decision locally as all school divisions do,” said Duncan. Duncan said it should be up to parents to decide how and when to…
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Sask. government pledges $40M top-up for education budget

A month after Premier Scott Moe said more money was on the way for school divisions, Saskatchewan’s education minister announced a $40 million top-up. Dustin Duncan shared the news during a media conference in Saskatoon at Bishop Filevich Ukrainian Bilingual School. “The government of Saskatchewan has funded enrollment increases in the past and I want to assure you that we will continue to increase enrollment funds to support our growing and diverse province,” Duncan said. Duncan pledged $20 million for school divisions to address swelling enrollment numbers and $20 million to help with “classroom complexity.” The money devoted to classrooms…
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SLOBODIAN: NDP education plan, drag story hour and secret clubs in, parents out | opinion

Rachel Notley said she’ll hire 7,000 new teachers, educational assistants, and support staff if elected premier on May 29. The NDP leader is dangling a shiny object to woo votes from Alberta parents concerned about overcrowded classrooms. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. kAm(92E 23@FE A2C6?E2= C:89ED E@…
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Ontario education bill: TDSB voices concerns

Ontario’s largest school board is voicing its concerns about the province’s new education legislation, saying it will weaken the role of school trustees in several matters. Toronto District School Board (TDSB) chair Rachel Chernos Lin enumerated the concerns about Bill 98 during a deputation before the province’s standing committee on social policy and were shared on Tuesday evening in a news release. If the legislation, also known as the Better Schools and Student Outcomes Actis passed, the TDSB said it would remove the important role of trustees in determining which school board sites should be declared surplus based on the…
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Former education minister says inclusion in NB has become an ‘absurd situation’

Nichole McCarthy worries about her 10-year-old son’s future. Tristen has a diagnosis of autism. He can’t read or write — McCarthy fears he will never at this rate. She said she attended Grade 5 for only half days and is falling further and further behind. “He can’t just sit home half of the day, every day, while all the other kids are getting instructions and schooling. …This is just going to continue snowballing. I’m worried for him,” the Grand Falls mother said. “I’m not going to be here forever to take care of him. I’m trying to prepare him for…
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Afghanistan school year starts without millions of teenage girls | Education News

Afghanistan’s schools have reopened for the new academic year, but hundreds of thousands of teenage girls remain barred from attending classes as Taliban authorities ban their attendance at secondary schools. Education Minister Habibullah Agha confirmed in a statement that schools up to grade six “will currently be open for girls”, effectively retaining a ban on high school for female students. Madrassas, or Islamic schools, are the only education centers open for girls of all ages. Yalda, a ninth grader in Kabul, told Al Jazeera that the madrassa was good for enhancing her knowledge of religion. But “the madrassa cannot help…