Category Archives: Education
Faculty at University of Manitoba end strike, will go to binding arbitration
WINNIPEG — The faculty association at the University of Manitoba has ended a 35-day strike and students are headed back to class. Members have ratified a new collective agreement that the association says will improve equity for its lowest-paid members...
All in the name: UK school to end 311-year slave trader link
LONDON (AP) — First his statue met a watery end during last year's Black Lives Matter protests. Now another school in southwest England that bears the name of slave trader Edward Colston is changing its name.
N.B. records 118 new COVID-19 cases, P.E.I. declares outbreak at school
New Brunswick is reporting 118 new cases of COVID-19. The province said Sunday that the 87 virus recoveries logged in the previous 24 hours bring the active case count to 752. New Brunswick entered Level 1 of its three-tier pandemic winter action
Island turns into open-air lab for tech-savvy volcanologists
LAS MANCHAS, Canary Islands (AP) — They come with eagle-eyed drones and high-precision instruments. Aided by satellites, they analyze gas emissions and the flows of molten rock. On the ground, they collect everything from the tiniest particles to “lava...
North Carolina court stops order to spend $1.7B on education
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina appeals court on Tuesday blocked enforcement of parts of a trial judge's recent order that demanded $1.75 billion in state taxpayer funds be spent — without express legislative approval — to address public
Virginia school system returns books it pulled after outcry
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia school system said Tuesday it was returning two books to library shelves, two months after they were pulled for a formal review prompted by complaints that they contained obscene sexual material.
Ontario and Ottawa to hold child-care negotiations Wednesday, minister says
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Ontario's education minister says the province is sitting down with the federal government on Wednesday for child-care negotiations. Nine provinces and territories have already signed deals with Ottawa on the $30-billion, five-year ...
Tennessee gov backs signing bill aide said violates US law
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's governor on Monday stood by his decision to sign sprawling limits on COVID-19 restrictions into law, even though his own office warned the bill would violate federal disability law and put the state at risk
Island anger: Guadeloupe closes schools after COVID rioting
LE GOSIER, Guadeloupe (AP) — Schools closed across the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe on Monday and France's prime minister appealed for calm and dialogue after protests against COVID-19 rules and vaccinations descended into days of rioting and ...
Saskatchewan won’t allow vaccine mandates for schools, extracurricular activities
REGINA — Saskatchewan says it will not require children to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test to attend school or extracurricular activities — unless there are unusual circumstances. Health Minister Paul Merriman says the Saskatchewa...