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Labrador school sends dozens of students home for exposing their shoulders...
A Labrador high school is under fire after sending home more than two dozen students for sporting bare shoulders, allegedly because it would “distract” male students, as a tug-of-war against dress...
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Ontario Liberals to introduce updated version of sex education curriculum...
TORONTO — The Liberal government will reintroduce an updated version of the sex education curriculum for Ontario schools that it withdrew in 2010 because of objections from religious leaders, Education...
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Court battle over dome leaves Central Tech school teams struggling without a...
Demetre Lainas, a bulky linebacker for the junior football team at Central Technical High School, blames his team’s uncommonly poor performance this year on several factors. Chief among them, though,...
View ArticleToday's letters: Conforming to the public school system
National Post readers answer the question: “Should public schools be able to enforce dress codes?” Schools should make the rules Public schools should be able to enforce dress codes because it’s the...
View ArticleBarbara Kay: 'Wowbutter'— the newest victim of lunchroom mission creep
Institutions charged with the safety of the people to whom they provide services used to confine themselves to combatting known evils that had proven consequences. In the past decades, we’ve seen a lot...
View ArticlePaul Axelrod: Ignore university rankings
It’s that chilly time of year: The university ranking season is upon us. Around the world, academic administrators hold their breath, as the results flood in like a statistical tsunami. Some...
View ArticleNational Post View: Schools need greater freedom to manage themselves —...
In much of Canada, the position of school board trustee is seen as an entry-level job for aspiring politicians. Many members of Parliament, provincial legislators and city councillors served as...
View ArticleMichael Zwaagstra: Too many educators believe that handwriting is obsolete....
Many progressive educators believe that handwriting is obsolete in the 21st century. It isn’t hard to see how they came to this conclusion. Computers are everywhere and an increasing number of schools...
View ArticleAdam de Pencier: Excellence in Canadian math education — by way of Singapore
What is the best way to teach math and science? It’s a question that Canadian educators and parents have been asking a lot in recent years, prompted by domestic and international tests that indicate a...
View ArticleChris Selley: Seeking school choice (and not just for Catholics)
Lynden Dorval, the highly regarded Edmonton high-school physics teacher (now retired) who was fired for daring to assess students a grade of zero for work they had not completed, has been “vindicated”...
View ArticleMatthews & Schouela: Protecting schools during wartime
Though not widely reported in mainstream North American media, representatives from over 60 countries recently met in Norway to attend the “Oslo Conference on Safe Schools.” The high-level meeting...
View ArticlePhilip Sullivan: ‘Discovery learning’ is failing our children
The C. D. Howe Institute’s recent publication of yet another lament on Canadian students’ declining mathematics skills criticizes a teaching philosophy esteemed by North American university education...
View ArticleGeorge Jonas: The nonsense kids learn in school
September being just around the corner, it’s time for another instalment of my periodic complaints about schools and education. It must be 20 years since I heard a bold grandfather pose a...
View Article‘Uncertain world climate’ blamed as school districts cancel or alter student...
Citing the “uncertain world climate,” some Canadian school districts have decided to change the destinations of student trips abroad this year — or have cancelled them. School officials say student...
View ArticleRobyn Urback: At last, Ontario will make life a little more difficult for...
Until now, it has been relatively easy for Ontario parents to choose not to vaccinate their children and still send them to school. In Canada, only New Brunswick and Ontario require “proof” of...
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Closing the book on pollen: Ontario MPP wants to ban schools from growing...
First it was peanuts, then it was milk and eggs, then acorns. Now, plants and trees are poised to become the next target in the allergy wars playing out in classrooms and schoolyards across the...
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Saskatchewan parents who want playgrounds at their kids’ schools have to...
Some of Saskatchewan’s new joint-use schools will open without playgrounds in September 2017. Using a $635 million public-private partnership (P3), the province is building 18 schools across the...
View ArticleChris Selley: How do parents put up with ridiculous dietary rules our schools...
Their union reps would no doubt disagree, but some Durham Region public school teachers clearly have too much time on their hands. According to a local media report, some have taken it upon themselves...
View ArticleB.C. mother asks court to keep aboriginal ‘cleansing’ ceremony out of public...
A B.C. mother is asking a court to intervene in her freedom of religion complaint against her children’s school after an in-class aboriginal ceremony to “cleanse” their spirits and classroom to ensure...
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