Category Archives: Education
New Brunswick’s premier says tentative deal with CUPE fair for workers and taxpayers
FREDERICTON — A tentative deal reached with roughly 20,000 striking public sector workers is a fair one for employees and for taxpayers, Premier Blaine Higgs said Sunday. Higgs did not release any details of the agreement on Sunday, pending the results...
Prize-winning 1619 Project now coming out in book form
Thais Perkins is the owner of Reverie Books in Austin, Texas, and the parent of a middle school student and high school student. Among the books she is eager to have in her store, and in the schools, is an
Alberta deletes Nazi ‘both sides’ reference in decades-old school guidance document
EDMONTON — The Alberta government is deleting a decades-old reference in a curriculum guidance paper that urges teachers to focus on positive and negative aspects of the Nazi Germany regime. Education Minister Adriana LaGrange says the reference has ex...
Yukon announces referendum on First Nations school board
WHITEHORSE — Yukon will hold referendums in January aimed at determining if five of its schools want to join a First Nations school board. Elections Yukon says in a release that schools will hold separate votes in their attendance areas on
Dixie State University name change passes Utah Legislature
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Southern Utah’s Dixie State University is poised to change a name often associated with the Deep South and slavery after the Utah Legislature approved a new name Wednesday over local backlash.
Judge: N Carolina must spend $1.75B to narrow education gap
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina trial judge on Wednesday ordered the state to pay out $1.75 billion to help narrow the state’s public education inequities, angering Republicans who said the directive usurps lawmakers' constitutional authority ove...
After nixing diversity symbols, school district fires leader
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A school board in Oregon that recently banned teachers from displaying symbols including those supporting gay pride and Black Lives Matter has abruptly fired the superintendent, deeply upsetting members who opposed the move.
Ford asks municipalities not to seek own child-care deals amid federal talks
CALEDON, Ont. — Ontario Premier Doug Ford wants municipalities to wait for his government to strike a deal with Ottawa on child care instead of trying to start their own negotiations, saying they might undermine provincial efforts. "I'm pleading with t...
Ontario municipalities consider direct talks with Ottawa on cheaper child care
TORONTO — Some Ontario municipalities are looking into working directly with Ottawa on affordable child care as federal-provincial talks drag on, with local councillors citing the need to support families during pandemic recovery. Toronto city council...
Ontario won’t challenge appeal decision on post-secondary student fees
TORONTO — The Ontario government says it will not seek to take a legal fight over post-secondary student fees to Canada's highest court. A spokesperson for the minister of colleges and universities said the province will not file an appeal with