The Peel District School Board (PDSB) is investigating an anonymous letter that alleges out-of-control violence and “disorderly conduct” at a Mississauga middle school. The letter, making the rounds on social media, appears to be written...
In the summer of 2003 I moved with my family from Michigan to Hamilton. For me it was a homecoming. After 18 years away from my hometown, seven in the U.S., it seemed like the...
Virginia Mazzone-Ahou’s 10-year-old son Anthony spends one day a week at school and four days a week at a therapy centre in Durham, Ont., for children with autism. But come June, his funding is about to...
More than 300 students have been involved in violence on school property so far this academic year, the Toronto District School Board said as it outlined a plan to address the issue. In a report on school...
A recent provincial survey finds that an alarming number of elementary school staff across Ontario have either been subjected to, or witnessed, violence against educators. A similar story locally with 2,866 violent incidents reported from...
Rob Hammond says teachers with the Near North District School Board have been scratched, punched, kicked, spat on, and even suffered life-altering concussions due to violence from their students. Hammond is president of the Near...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared on The Trillium, a new Village Media website devoted to covering provincial politics at Queen’s Park Premier Doug Ford said Monday he believes school violence “starts at home” and that if he...
The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario says 77 per cent of teachers have seen or personally experienced violence in their schools, with those working in special education impacted the most, according to a new survey...
Chronic underfunding of public education responsible for rise in violence TORONTO, ON – An alarming number (77 per cent) of members of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) say they have personally experienced violence...
