The New Brunswick Department of Education came out with eight recommendations Wednesday for the Anglophone education system’s upcoming school year. “One of the things we’re going to do is hire teachers under contract,” said N.B. Education Minister, Bill Hogan. “So that we know in certain areas and districts will help identify those …
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Breadcrumb Trail Links Politics Local News Published Jul 25, 2023 • Last updated 2 days ago • 4 minute read A mandate letter to Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides was released on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. Photo by Azin Ghaffari /Postmedia, file Article content After a UCP election campaign that saw little to no talk of K-12 …
Provided by the River Institute Local MPP Nolan Quinn joined the River Institute’s Education team to participate in an interactive environmental science family workshop and learn more a recent $70,000 Resilient Communities Fund grant received by the River Institute from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF). “As many of us know in the region, the River …
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School boards: A local board authority is responsible for the provision and maintenance of schools Today’s School Boards: A unit of local government that determines the policy, budget, leadership and administration within certain districts, public and Catholic schools. The evolution of our school boards shows distinct and magnified changes. incorporating political-Social and Religious aspects from …
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Breadcrumb Trail Links News Manitoba Author of the article: Canadian Press Brittany Hobson Published May 27, 2023 • 3 minute read Elilah Monias and her daughter Illeanna Knott smile in this undated handout photo. Monias reached out to a Jordan’s Principle co-ordinator through the Southern Chiefs’ Organization to request help for her daughter. The 17-year-old …
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The Central Okanagan Public Schools Board of Education welcomed the Honorable Rachna Singh, Minister of Education and Childcare for the Province of BC, to Central Okanagan Public Schools Tuesday (May 16, 2023).The Minister joined trustees and senior administration on a tour of the École HS Grenda Middle School and a soon-to-open childcare center at Black …
Quebec Muslim groups are taking the provincial government to court over its recently enacted prayer room ban in public schools, arguing that the order is discriminatory and violates the Charter rights to freedom of religion and association. Five Muslim organizations filed their case this week in Quebec Superior Court, seeking a judicial review of the …
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An overhaul of New Brunswick’s governance structure for the education system will see the power of the anglophone district education councils diminish, while those in francophone districts remain the same. DECs in the four anglophone school systems will no longer set their own budgets and superintendents will report directly to the department of education. Members …
The Higgs government is reforming how district education councils govern the province’s schools, including a potentially thorny change that will see different models for the English and French systems. In the four anglophone school districts, elected councils will lose their decision-making authority over budgets and over superintendents, and will now only play an “advisory and …
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The government is expected to share new guidance for teachers on trans pupils in summer 2023. (Envanto/PinkNews) A group of parents of trans children are reportedly planning to sue the government over schools and teachers supporting their kids. The case is being brought by the Bad Law Project and will see a group of parents …
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