Category Archives: Education
Praying football coach asking Supreme Court for his job back
SEATTLE (AP) — The clock ran down at the end of the homecoming game and spectators stormed the football field, knocking over members of the high school band — all to gather around an assistant coach as he took a
Federal government will let international graduates stay in Canada another 18 months
OTTAWA — International students who've graduated from Canadian post-secondary schools will be able to stay in Canada longer now that the federal government has offered a temporary program to help them qualify for permanent residency. Immigration Minist...
Youth advocate says N.B. should revisit decision to end COVID restrictions in schools
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's government should review its decision to lift the COVID-19 mask mandate in schools because it was made without the proper evidence to justify it, Kelly Lamrock, the province's child, youth and seniors advocate, said Friday...
Sen. Luján ‘90%’ recovered from stroke, visits high school
SANTA FE N.M. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján has mostly recovered from his January stroke, and said voters, not his health scare, will decide who represents New Mexico.
Mississippi welfare agency ex-director faces new charges
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former Mississippi Department of Human Services director has been indicted on 20 additional felony charges tied to allegations that he participated in misusing money that was supposed to help some of the poorest people in
Manitoba eyes teacher college, more online learning as part of education changes
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is trying for a second time to reform education in the province, but this time without planning to eliminate elected school boards. The Progressive Conservative government faced widespread public opposition last year ...
Ottawa funding more searches for unmarked graves at former N.S. residential school
SIPEKNE'KATIK, NOVA SCOTIA — The federal government on Wednesday said it would invest $326,000 to resume ground searches for potential unmarked graves near a former Nova Scotia residential school. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller made th...
Ontario Liberals pledge action on anti-racism, including more diverse police hiring
TORONTO — The Ontario Liberals are making a host of promises today aimed at combatting racism, including creating a new fund to hire police officers from underrepresented communities. Leader Steven Del Duca says if his party is elected June 2 he
Major remake of school nixed after students filmed disrepair
ATLANTA (AP) — Despite a student-produced video showing gaping holes in ceilings, crumbling bathrooms and signs warning of possible electrical shock around utilities in one room, a metro Atlanta school board has decided not to put Druid Hills High Scho...
Students make video to prove their high school needs repairs
WOODSTOCK, Ga. — The short documentary video opens with a high school student explaining how human waste flows up from the ground and floods an area where he and his friends eat lunch.