10 h. ago Calgary students participate in election education initiative with Student Vote Canada

Students at Calgary's John G. Diefenbaker High School cast their ballots in a nationwide voting education initiative, learning about democracy and the process.

Politics

12 h. ago Winnipeg high school students cast a ballot in mock election

Gordon Bell High School is one of many across Canada participating in Student Vote, a mock ballot to introduce them to the election process.

Politics

21 h. ago Thames Valley board unveils plan to improve literacy, math grades

Thames Valley school board officials have a plan to boost grades, improve student literacy and math scores that haven’t kept up with provincial scotres, according to a report released this week.

Other

22 h. ago If trustees are no longer in charge of the Thames Valley school board, who is?

Ontario education minister Paul Calandra has put the Thames Valley District school board – home to 84,000 students – under Queen’s Park supervision following a controversial three-day Toronto retreat by top officials last summer that cost $38,000. Investigators, auditing the board’s books, found a lack of financial oversight in the budgeting process led to a […]

Society

37 h. ago Winnipeg middle school students provide barricade art for Whiteout parties

The concrete barricades which help direct traffic around the area were painted by Grade 9 art students from Hugh John MacDonald School.

Society

40 h. ago French student arrested after fatally stabbing another student, wounding 3

PARIS (AP) — A high school student stabbed four other students at his school in western France on Thursday, killing at least one and injuring three others before being arrested, police said. The motive for the stabbing was unclear. Such fatal attacks are quite rare in French schools. France’s Prime Minister Francois Bayrou ordered tighter […]

Events

69 h. ago Thanks, Mr. President: School board nixes future student U.S. trips

Officials with the London region’s largest school board say they have no plans to send any more students on class trips to the United States amid uncertainty at the border since President Donald Trump’s re-election. While student treks to America have been common for decades, the Thames Valley District school board “isn’t planning any future […]

Society

4 d. ago St. Albert Public Schools suspends U.S. student trips amid border tensions as other school divisions proceed with caution

St. Albert schools suspend U.S. trips though others proceed; illness absences remain below outbreak levels

Society

4 d. ago St. Albert Public Schools suspends student trips to U.S. amid border tensions as other school divisions proceed with caution

St. Albert schools suspend U.S. trips though others proceed; illness absences remain below outbreak levels

Society

5 d. ago Police investigate shooting on subway platform near Harvard University

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Transit police in Boston were investigating a shooting on a subway platform near Harvard University on Sunday that prompted the school to issue a shelter-in-place order for students and staff. Authorities rerouted passengers on part of the city’s subway system to shuttle buses as officers from various departments searched for a […]

Events

9 d. ago Texas dad furious after daughter suspended for standing up to alleged male bully

A Texas dad is outraged after his daughter was suspended from a high school for defending herself against a male student. Video shows a boy slapping a girl at the front of a classroom in Taylor High School in in Taylor, Texas, last month, KTRK reported. The girl points out what had just happened to […]

Other

9 d. ago Vancouver student meal program to receive large donation after city cuts budget

Earlier this month, the school board learned of the city's plans to cut the program's funding from $320,000 last year to $162,500 this year, citing "significant budget pressures" and "substantive funding" that was expected from the province.

Other

1 week ago New Calgary private school to 'empower' students with diverse needs

Independently-run Rundle Schools has revealed plans for its new Rundle Academy building

Society

1 week ago Teachers irked as some high schoolers face exams and others don't

Year-end exams loom for Thames Valley District school board students except for those in certain grades and teachers aren’t happy about it.

Society

1 week ago High school basketball player faces felony charges for alleged on

This was not what anybody meant when using the phrase “elbows up.” A high school athlete in West Virginia has been arrested after being accused of hitting a rival in the face with a stiff elbow during a basketball game. According to court documents, Gage Ketterman, a student and basketball player at Harman High School, […]

Society

1 week ago Deachman: Teens want a better city too, so let's listen to them

Grade 12 students at Colonel By Secondary School recently made fixing the ByWard Market a priority. And they had great suggestions.

Other

1 week ago Woodroffe High School presents Anne of Green Gables: The Musical

Show # 9 Woodroffe High School Anne of Green Gables: The Musical Director: Terry Duncan Samuel Kholsa, Critic Colonel By Secondary School What we want may differ considerably from what we need. The students of Woodroffe High School showed this to be through their enchanting production of Anne of Green Gables: The Musical, the story […]

Society

2 w. ago Alberta elementary students create their own school news channel

From current events to weather, the Coalbanks Channel 17 School News team has passion for journalism, and an undeniable hunger for storytelling.

Society

2 w. ago Some schools in Canada are putting U.S. field trips on hold amid trade war

There are disappointed students, anxious parents and cautious school officials in at least two Canadian school districts that have suspended or cancelled trips over political uncertainty in the United States. British Columbia’s largest school district in Surrey has put all its field trips down south on hold to prevent any “negative experiences at the border,” […]

Society

2 w. ago School trip to U.S.? Be ready for border issues, Thames Valley tells schools

Thames Valley schools must have a plan in case students on 13 school trips to the U.S. are turned back at the border, officials say

Society