Category Archives: Education
Quebec cuts funding to English college in favour of French schools ahead of election
MONTREAL — Squeezed for space, Montreal’s Dawson College has for years been planning an expansion of its medical technology department that would include a clinic to serve the community and train its students. But after promising in 2020 to fast-track ...
Memorial proposed to honour members of Muslim family who died in London, Ont., attack
LONDON, Ont. — A permanent memorial to honour a Muslim family attacked while out for a stroll in London, Ont., last June has been proposed for the city. It's among several recommendations in a proposed action plan from the City
PBO says federal funding for child-care system isn’t enough to meet goals
OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government has not set aside enough money to build a national child-care system aimed at expanding spaces and cutting fees. The Liberals' budget last year set aside $29.8 billion in new spendin...
Betsy DeVos supports Michigan school choice ballot drive
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Wednesday backed a Michigan ballot drive to let students attend private schools and pay other educational expenses with accounts funded by donations that would qualify for tax deductions. ...
Images from Quebec high school homework assignment called out as racist
MONTREAL — A homework assignment distributed to high school students on Montreal's south shore is being called racist because it asks them to describe two "gangsters" who resemble racialized people. George Stetka, the father of a Grade 7 student at Cen...
Virginia judge weighs governor’s power to lift mask mandate
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has broad power to issue executive orders overturning mask mandates in schools, lawyers from the state Attorney General’s Office argued Wednesday, while lawyers for local school boards argued that the ...
New Brunswick must revamp approach to ensure more people become bilingual: report
FREDERICTON — More New Brunswickers need opportunities to learn English or French as a second language in order to prevent the province from being officially bilingual "in name only," warned a new report released Wednesday. The report by provincial cou...
Czech Republic to end mandatory COVID testing this month
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic’s government has agreed to end mandatory coronavirus testing at schools and companies this month, the prime minister said Wednesday. The testing
Independent report critical of Yukon’s handling of school sex crime investigation
WHITEHORSE — Yukon Premier Sandy Silver apologized Tuesday for a "break down in the system" over the handling of a sexual interference allegation at a school in Whitehorse. Silver said the government accepts the seven recommendations of an independen...
Mandate to vaccinate New Orleans schoolchildren kicking in
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As school systems across the U.S. struggle to keep classrooms open amid the pandemic, New Orleans is set to become the nation's first major district to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for children 5 and up, though state