Ontario’s largest school board is voicing its concerns about the province’s new education legislation, saying it will weaken the role of school trustees in several matters. Toronto District School Board (TDSB) chair Rachel Chernos Lin...

With just weeks to go before summer break, Avery Swartz fears this school year is a “writeoff” for her daughter. An already tumultuous start worsened when Clara’s Grade 6 homeroom teacher took a leave in...

An Ottawa-area school board says it will not move to a four-day schedule at two of its elementary schools this fall after Ontario’s Education Ministry refused to approve the plan. In March, the Conseil des écoles catholiques...

Since January, Callum McMahon has been spending fewer hours in his classroom on the main floor of his Brampton, Ont., school, and more time with Grade 7 students upstairs. It makes his mom nervous. Callum...

The Ford government’s weak response to the hateful opposition against an Ontario Catholic school board flying the Pride flag should come as no surprise. In his leadership bid, Premier Doug Ford courted the votes of a bigoted...

Two education unions are pushing back on the Ford government’s request for private mediation, saying the process has yet to reach a breaking point. Global’s Colin D’Mello reports.

TORONTO, ON – Education Week, which takes place annually during the first week of May, is an opportunity to recognize the magic that happens in public schools across Ontario each day. It’s also a reminder...

Contrary to what the Doug Ford government would like us to believe, we do not have underperforming schools in Ontario. What we have are chronically underfunded schools and a government that refuses to take responsibility....

English Language Learners (ELL) are overrepresented among students who don’t meet Ontario’s provincial standards, the Education Quality Assurance Office (EQAO) 2021-2022 test results show. Educators and academics believe it’s the tests that need to be...

These 900 students attend two different schools, run by two different boards — but they all learn in the same building. Even though they have their own entrances, their classrooms are on the same floors...