A Maple Ridge education assistant who says she was struggling to make ends meet has been fired over her second job: posting racy content online, including on OnlyFans.
Kristin MacDonald, 35, has posted titillating photos and videos for about a year under the name Ava James on the website known for custom pornography.
That drew the ire of School District 43, where MacDonald had been an education assistant since 2015 at Terry Fox Secondary in Port Coquitlam.
The district ordered her to shut down her adult content on social media, including on OnlyFans, in April or risk being fired.MacDonald…
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Cursive writing to be reintroduced in Ontario schools this fall
Cursive is making a comeback.Relegated in 2006 to an optional piece of learning in Ontario elementary schools, cursive writing is set to return as a mandatory part of the curriculum starting in September.
Education Minister Stephen Lecce said it is about more than just teaching students how to sign their own name.
“The research has been very clear that cursive writing is a critical life skill in helping young people to express more substantively, to think more critically, and ultimately, to express more authentically,” he said in an interview.
“That’s what we’re trying to do, to create a very…
Mohawk suspends educational assistant program
As school boards across the province struggle to staff classrooms, Mohawk College has suspended its two-year educational support diploma program due to low enrollment.
With just nine students registered for fall 2023 — down from 59 in 2021 — the program was canceled for the 2023-24 year. For years, there has been a steady decline, spokesperson Bill Steinburg said in an email.
At the same time, enrolment in Mohawk’s continuing education courses in the sector have seen increases in recent years, reaching a four-year high of 505 students in winter 2023. But enrollment has fluctuated in recent years, showing no…
Ministry delivering $40M funding top-up for Sask. school divisions
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NewsAn 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 readThousands 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-PostArticle 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…
Ukrainian family reflects on their children’s first school year in the US after fleeing war
Ukrainian war refugees who began arriving in the US over a year ago are completing their first taste of the US education system with the conclusion of the academic year.
More than 270,000 Ukrainians, many of them children, have been admitted into the country since Russia launched its invasion in February 2022, with many finding seats in American classrooms.Inna Novak and Liudmyla Rybak, two sisters whose husbands stayed behind to fight, were able to make it into the US last September, just in time for the school year. Their grade for their children’s experiences so far? A
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Vaughn Palmer: Eby lines up housing education in Singapore
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Get the latest from Vaughn Palmer straight to your inbox SignupPublished May 26, 2023 • Last updated 4 days ago • 4 minute readApartment buildings in ultra-dense Singapore. Photo by ROSLAN RAHMAN /AFP/Getty ImagesArticle content
VICTORIA — Premier David Eby has included a visit to Singapore on his upcoming trade mission, hoping to learn from the innovative housing policies in the city state.Advertisements 2This advertisement has…
Edmonton education funding for 2023-24 falls short: EPSB – Edmonton
The Edmonton Public School Board (EPSB) has approved the $1.3 billion 2023-24 budget, but that doesn’t mean they like it.Disappointment was felt around the table Friday as the trustees looked at what chair Trisha Estabrooks said was another unsatisfying budget.
“Yet again we have a budget that doesn’t truly reflect the number of kids that we’re serving and doesn’t truly provide the kind of supports that we need,” said Estabrooks.
“That this budget is happening when there’s great money in this province is inexcusable,” said EPSB trustee Jan Sawyer.1:46
Edmonton Public Schools approves $1.2B budget, says it’s ‘not…
Higgs’s remarks on LGBTQ policy called ‘deplorable’ by education council members
Members of the Anglophone East district education council have waded into a debate over New Brunswick’s policy on LGBTQ students in schools, with one member calling Premier Blaine Higgs’s comments on the issue “deplorable.”
“I know it’s recent news, it just came out, but the premier’s comments regarding Policy 713 tonight are absolutely deplorable,” Dominic Vautour said during the council’s meeting Tuesday evening in Moncton.
It was one of a series of comments by Anglophone East council members, who oversee a district in the southeast region of the province with more than 18,000 students, that criticized the government and its…
