Tag: Education
New mandatory high school tech course coming, but who will teach it?
A new Ontario requirement that high school kids take a mandatory tech course is being hailed as a good step, but worries abound over who will teach it and what the course will entail.
Ontario investing $1.3B in colleges, universities: Is it enough?
The provincial government announced nearly $1.3 billion in new funding to help stabilize funding for Ontario’s colleges and universities.
Area teachers begin training on reading screening tool: ‘Game changer’
Teacher training begins this month at the region’s largest school board on a new screening system designed to identify pupils having difficulty reading.
Fanshawe College union bracing for fallout of international student cap
It’s too soon to know how the effects of a cap on the number of international students in Canada will affect jobs at Fanshawe College, says the president of a union that represents employees.
‘Big step’: Move to make Black history mandatory in Ontario schools applauded
The head of London’s Black History Coordinating Committee is applauding the province’s move to make Black history a mandatory part of the Canadian history curriculum in grades seven, eight and 10, but said the move is long overdue.