Category Archives: Education
Florida Senate passes budget that wouldn’t punish schools
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Let the Florida budget negotiations begin. The Florida Senate unanimously passed a nearly $109 billion spending plan Thursday with virtually no debate the
Curriculum struggle has Kansas GOP pursuing ‘transparency’
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers seeking to limit what Kansas' public schools teach about racism have settled on a proposed “parents’ bill of rights” aimed at giving people outside the education system more power to shape what happens in
Curriculum struggle has Kansas GOP pursuing ‘transparency’
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers seeking to limit what Kansas' public schools teach about racism have settled on a proposed “parents’ bill of rights” aimed at giving people outside the education system more power to shape what happens in
B.C. government expanding skills training programs through new complex in Burnaby
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is spending more than $136 million to build a new trades and technology training complex in Burnaby. Premier John Horgan said the complex at the British Columbia Institute of Technology's campus will help mor...
Ontario to require school boards to offer remote learning option for one more year
TORONTO — Ontario will require school boards to offer virtual learning as an option for one more school year, given the evolving nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, but will bring back standardized testing. Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced next ...
Japan eases border controls amid criticism as exclusionist
TOKYO (AP) — Japan announced Thursday it will ease its tough COVID-19 border controls by increasing the number of people allowed to enter each day and reducing quarantine requirements following criticism that its current policy is unscientific and xeno...
National Guard deploys for new emergency: Teacher shortages
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — On past deployments Army National Guard Spc. Michael Stockwell surveilled a desolate section of the U.S.-Mexico border during a migrant surge, and guarded a ring of checkpoints and fences around New Mexico’s state Capitol after ...
Kentucky Senate passes ban on older transgender athletes
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate passed a bill Wednesday to bar older transgender girls from participating in school sports that match their gender identity. The
Florida House OKs budget that punishes mask mandate schools
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — School districts that ignored Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ order banning mask mandates will face a $200 million penalty under a budget bill passed Wednesday by the Florida House. The funding stripped from those districts would...
No vaccine passport means B.C. school events capped at 50% for spectators: minister
VICTORIA — British Columbia's education minister says capacity at school-based events will be capped at 50 per cent for spectators to provide some physical distancing because proof of vaccination will not be required. Jennifer Whiteside says the measur...