More than 1,200 incidents of violence were reported at public schools in Algoma, according to a document presented at this week’s board meeting. But the Algoma Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO) said incidents are...

Ontario schools can’t recruit or retain enough teachers thanks to a “mess” created by the Ford government, Ontario’s four teachers’ unions charge. Union leaders were responding to comments made Wednesday by Education Minister Stephen Lecce,...

Minister of Education Stephen Lecce and the Ford government have finally admitted that they have a teacher recruitment and retention problem. In an article published in the Toronto Star on February 21, the minister said...

The province is looking at “every option available” to help ease a shortage of teachers that has hit school boards across Ontario, says Education Minister Stephen Lecce. “We’ll have an announcement forthcoming,” Lecce told reporters...

Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the province has reached a deal with teachers in the French-language public system. “I am pleased to announce that we have reached a tentative central agreement with the Association...