6 h. ago Supreme Court will hear EMSB appeal regarding Quebec secularism law March 23

The EMSB is appealing a February 2024 Quebec Court of Appeal decision that removed charter protections for English school boards.

Other

7 h. ago Public panel set to examine Queen's Park handling of school boards

Western education researchers hosting webinars probing local school governance amid provincial takeover of several Ontario school boards.

Society

54 h. ago Education minister says school governance overhaul will come in New Year

Education Minister Paul Calandra has mused about the future of trustees, as he announced the takeover of several major school boards by Queen's Park, citing mismanagement.

Politics

4 d. ago Ontario education minister appoints himself as interim supervisor of school board

Paul Calandra has already appointed supervisors at five other school boards due to what he calls mismanagement.

Politics

5 d. ago 'Layers of risk' ground rocketry projects at Thames Valley schools

The union representing Thames Valley District school board high school teachers is hoping officials will reverse a decision to end teaching rocketry to students in its London and area classrooms. Teachers have received an email instructing them to end so-called rocketry projects because they pose “significant risks,” said John Bernans, a local leader with the […]

Society

7 d. ago Legal challenge launched over Waterloo Region District School Board’s land acknowledgements

Professor's concerns began over alleged lack of a vote or debate on land acknowlegements

Society

8 d. ago Ontario school board facing constitutional challenge over mandated land acknowledgements

Plaintiff father says his concerns began after the council started opening meetings with land acknowledgements with no debate or vote

Society

9 d. ago LIVE at noon: Taking your questions on the future of Ontario's school boards

The Ottawa Citizen and London Free Press take your questions on the future of elected school boards and Ontario public education.

Society

9 d. ago LIVE NOW: Taking your questions on the future of Ontario's school boards

The Ottawa Citizen and London Free Press take your questions on the future of elected school boards and Ontario public education.

Society

9 d. ago Q&A REPLAY: Taking your questions on the future of Ontario's school boards

The Ottawa Citizen and London Free Press take your questions on the future of elected school boards and Ontario public education.

Society

9 d. ago There is a 'drift towards authoritarianism' in the province, Quebec bar warns

Legal experts have criticized the Quebec constitution and recent CAQ bills that target doctors, school boards and unions.

Other

2 w. ago Orléans community grapples with closure of EarlyON playgroup

The Charlemagne EarlyON Child and Family Centre is the second such facility operated by the Ottawa Catholic School Board in Orléans to close since September.

Technology

2 w. ago Ontario education minister eyes more board takeovers with newly passed bill

Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra is signalling that he will act quickly to use new powers granted to him to take control of school boards, eyeing one board in particular identified by a government report as dysfunctional. A bill that passed third and final reading Wednesday allows the minister to more easily put school boards […]

Politics

2 w. ago PowerSchool breach shows need for bringing school boards in line with provincial reporting: IPC

Ontario's privacy commissioner says municipal rules surrounding privacy breaches should be brought in line with provincial rules to ensure such incidents are reported.

Society

2 w. ago Ontario bill to give education minister more power over school boards set to become law

On Wednesday, Bill 33 passed its third reading at Queen's Park after a shortened debate and bypassing committee, with Royal Assent set to follow.

Politics

2 w. ago Ontario’s school boards need funding and accountability, not random Conservative schemes: CUPE Ontario

TORONTO — With Ontario’s Minister of Education doubling down on creating chaos across the province’s school boards – and undermining local democratic control in the process – CUPE Ontario is reminding the government that Ontarians blame Conservatives’ underfunding, not school board trustees, for cuts in schools and the continuing lack of services for students. Commenting […]

Society

2 w. ago Why Ontario school trustees may be doomed, and what that means for students

Queen’s Park is signaling it may eliminate the elected officials who oversee the province’s 76 school boards.

Society

2 w. ago School boards caught unprepared in mass student data breach: Watchdogs

Privacy watchdogs in Ontario and Alberta issued their findings Tuesday after investigating a mass data breach of a student information system used across Canada, concluding that school boards lacked adequate breach response plans, among other issues. Ontario’s privacy commissioner says PowerSchool, a software and storage company for school systems in the U.S. and Canada, was […]

Society

2 w. ago School boards must make privacy changes after PowerSchool breach: watchdogs

Privacy commissioners say school boards weren't prepared for the scale of the PowerSchool data breach and are urging changes to their agreements with the technology company.

Society

2 w. ago Gunmen abduct 25 girls from a high school in Nigeria, kill one of the staff

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the abductions from the boarding school in Kebbi state.

Events