The Anglophone East district education council has voted to implement what it describes as a strengthened version of the New Brunswick government’s Policy 713 to protect LGBTQ students. The elected council that oversees 39 schools in southeastern New Brunswick voted unanimously in favor of creating the policy in a rebuke to provincial changes to Policy […]
The Upper Canada District School Board says they are creating meaningful and personal land acknowledgments to work with Indigenous partners to identify the traditional territory each school is situated on, as well as implementing rich programming that offers Indigenous students the opportunity to form deeper connections with their own culture and share it with their
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Dressed in medieval garb Friday, members of the Fédération du personnel de soutien scolaire (FPSS-CSQ) clamored that “his majesty” Quebec Education Minister Bernard Drainville doesn’t want to listen to school support staff. Union members were outside Quebec’s National Assembly, upset they were not invited to hearings over Bill 23, the province’s education reform. “Bottom line
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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
The Ministry of Education on Wednesday named 17 regional student advocates who will assist their national counterpart, Jean-François Bernier. The education ministry announced in a press release that the chosen individuals would “handle all complaints from students and parents, including those concerning bullying, violence and sexual abuse against students attending an educational institution.” “With the
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Article content MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday announced she was replacing her director of early childhood education over the use of a teacher training book, written by a nationally recognized education group, that the Republican governor denounced as teaching “woke concepts” because of language about inclusion and structural racism. Article
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At the conclusion of the negotiations, UN Women Executive Director, Sima Bahous, said: “This year’s Agreed Conclusions are game-changing and bring forward our vision of a more equal and connected world for women and girls in all their diversity. It is our job, as we leave here today, to translate them into reality. The ultimate
Former youth in care in BC of all ages will now have their tuition waived for post-secondary education, as the government takes action to remove age requirements for the Tuition Waiver Program for Former Youth in Care and make it available for a lifetime. Selina Robinson, Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills and Mitzi
A handful of factors, such as education, income and job type, may increase the likelihood that people in their mid-50s will still be mentally sharp, a new study finds. An analysis of data from more than 7,000 US adults showed that these factors could explain nearly 40% of the differences in the amount of cognitive
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