A majority of Ontario’s education workers have experienced violence on the job. That’s according to a recent University of Ottawa report, based on a survey of nearly 5,800 education workers, including teachers, direct student support...
The province is marking Education Week this week. It’s a chance to celebrate the programs and initiatives that make a difference in Ontario classrooms. However, with recent headlines about budget shortfalls, investigations into school board...
Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra warned Canada’s largest school board that the province will take over control unless they find savings and balance its budget. Calandra made the remark during Question Period on Thursday when...
Toronto’s public school board is looking at deep cuts — axing music instructors, laying off aquatics instructors, shuttering pools and changing programming at outdoor education centres — to eliminate a $70 million deficit. Its Catholic...
Sudbury MPP Jamie West is calling on the province to increase education spending. Speaking at a news conference Wednesday morning, West said his office receives calls regularly from parents who are concerned with the state...
London-area teachers union leaders are slamming any suggestion that Thames Valley District school board budget woes are related to educator sick days or long-term leaves. It’s inadequate funding from Queen’s Park, not the costs related...
The London-area’s largest school board is eliminating the equivalent of 33 high school teaching jobs as it continues to wrestle its deficit, which has shot back up to $16.5 million even after previous deep cuts....
As reported by Global News earlier this month, an internal document to then Minister of Education Todd Smith states that the province could be facing a teacher shortage. Too many teachers are leaving the profession...
Roughly one in 12 schools in Ontario have the same roof panels that forced the Ford government to urgently close the science centre but, according to internal documents, boards and trustees are being offered no...
Ontario is staring down a teacher shortage as retirements and student enrolment are both on the rise, and the Ministry of Education expects the situation will start to get even worse in 2027. The warning...
