Education in the news
Bill 44 no big deal?
Date: August 31, 2010
Source: The Edmonton Journal
Ontario schools rely on half a billion a year generated through fees/fundraising
Date: August 31, 2010
Source: Parentcentral.ca
Fundraising job-one for Ontario school councils: report
Date: August 31, 2010
Source: The Ottawa Citizen
Technology pervasive in new schools
Date: August 30, 2010
Source: The Edmonton Sun
24 BC schools serve fresh veggies at lunch through partnership with farms
Date: August 29, 2010
Source: The Globe and Mail
18 P3 schools open this fall
Date: August 30, 2010
Source: The Edmonton Sun
Vancouver parents rally as 12 city schools face closure
Date: August 30, 2010
Source: The Vancouver Sun
Ontario system of testing students early provides clues to later school success
Date: August 30, 2010
Source: The Globe and Mail
Bill 44: ASBA Pres. Hopes parents will resolve concerns with local school/boards
Date: August 29, 2010
Source: The Calgary Herald
Nine courses to require mandatory parental notification under Bill 44
Date: August 29, 2010
Source: The Calgary Herald
Class sizes up in both Calgary jurisdictions
Date: August 28, 2010
Source: The Calgary Herald
Kids Help Line in Lethbridge helps kids with bullying
Date: August 28, 2010
Source: The Lethbridge Herald
St. Albert boards offer full-time Kindergarten to parents willing to pay
Date: August 30, 2010
Source: The Edmonton Journal
Calgary Catholic’s ban on gambling puts squeeze on parent’s fundraising
Date: August 30, 2010
Source: The Calgary Herald
Red Deer Public waits for Sept. 30 count/school board elections to allocate govt. funds
Date: August 26, 2010
Source: The Red Deer Advocate
Laptops plus engaged teaching = learning, researchers say
Date: August 26, 2010
Source: CBC News
Ontario school board discriminated against boy it refused to transport from private clinic to school: Human Rights Tribunal
Date: August 26, 2010
Source: The Ottawa Citizen
Conflict of interest ousts Toronto school trustee
Date: August 25, 2010
Source: The Toronton Sun
Ont. provincial govt. guideline states teachers can give zeros for late assignments
Date: August 25, 2010
Source: Parentcentral.ca
Golden Hills Board chair will not seek re-election
Date: August 25, 2010
Source: The Drumheller Mail
BC’s auditor general says school districts hold too much cash
Date: August 25, 2010
Source: The Vancouver Sun
Standardized tests matter: Editorial Globe and Mail
Date: August 24, 2010
Source: The Globe and Mail
In wake of sex charges against BC teachers universities revisit teaching professionalism
Date: August 16, 2010
Source: The Vancouver Sun
Does Wi-Fi make kids sick? Debate in Simcoe County
Date: August 16, 2010
Source: The National Post
Manitoba teacher calls for school system rethink
Date: August 29, 2010
Source: The StarPheonix
Teachers concerned about possible changes to copyright rules for Internet
Date: August 21, 2010
Source: Global Lethbridge
7-year-olds to choose learning stream Airdrie school pilot project
Date: August 11, 2010
Source: The National Post
Recession eases school bus driver shortage
Date: August 11, 2010
Source: CBC News
Bullying, cyberstalking and defibrillators features of Ont.’s new health/phys.ed curriculum
Date: August 11, 2010
Source: CBC News
Long-form census data key for schools: official
Date: July 28, 2010
Source: The StarPheonix
Police search for victims after Oyen teacher charged with sexual assault
Date: August 16, 2010
Source: The Calgary Herald
Parents drive unsafely to school: report
Date: August 18, 2010
Source: Fort McMurray Today
Laptops high on school supply list
Date: August 19, 2010
Source: The Calgary Herald
Three new Catholic schools set to open
Date: August 19, 2010
Source: The Edmonton Journal
Community links crucial to new school superintendent
Date: August 19, 2010
Source: The Red Deer Advocate
Many city school cafeterias flunking health inspections
Date: August 16, 2010
Source: The Edmonton Sun
Lethbridge teens charged with assault for hazing
Date: August 13, 2010
Source: The Edmonton Journal
District gearing up for first week of school
Date: August 13, 2010
Source: The Grande Prairie Herald
Trustee recalled as tireless, passionate
Date: August 12, 2010
Source: The Red Deer Advocate
School picks "major" for students at age 7
Date: August 10, 2010
Source: The Calgary Herald
School begins early for some Catholic students
Date: August 8, 2010
Source: The Edmonton Sun
Northland school district gets new superintendent
Date: August 6, 2010
Source: The Edmonton Journal
Lessons from the schools that did away with summer vacation
Date: August 6, 2010
Source: The Globe and Mail
School zones begin a half-hour sooner
Date: August 5, 2010
Source: The Calgary Herald
No full kindergarten despite wage deal
Date: August 4, 2010
Source: Medicine Hat News
School a few months behind schedule
Date: July 16, 2010
Source: Daily Herald-Tribune
