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Local CUPE president standing with Sask. teachers on class sizes
With Saskatchewan teachers and the province slated to go back to the bargaining table Monday, the discussion around classroom size and complexity appears to once again be ramping up. Since the start o...
Feb 08, 2024
Ontario adding mandatory Black history learning to Grades 7, 8 and 10 history courses
AJAX, Ont. - Ontario's education minister says that the province is introducing mandatory learning on the contributions of Black Canadians to history courses in Grades 7, 8 and 10. Stephen Lecce says ...
Feb 08, 2024
More Republicans back spending on child care, saying it's an economic issue
Like a lot of mothers, North Dakota state Rep. Emily O'Brien struggled to find infant care when her daughter Lennon was born in 2019. So O'Brien, a Republican who represents the Grand Forks region, br...
Feb 07, 2024
Michigan governor's budget promises free education and lower family costs, but GOP says it's unfair
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday presented a $80.7 billion budget Wednesday that aims to boost education spending and deliver on her promise to provide students free e...
Feb 07, 2024
As long school funding lawsuit ends in Kansas, some fear lawmakers will backslide on education goals
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Kansas' highest court has closed out a nearly 13-year-old lawsuit that repeatedly forced the Republican-controlled Legislature to boost funding for public schools, and Democrats pr...
Feb 07, 2024
A bill that would allow armed teachers in Nebraska schools prompts emotional testimony
A bill that would allow teachers and other staff in schools to be armed in the hopes of deterring school shootings drew dozens of people and some emotional testimony to the Nebraska Legislature's Educ...
Feb 06, 2024
Pennsylvania governor seeks billions for schools and development in budget that envisions legal weed
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Gov. Josh Shapiro 's second budget proposes significant increases to education and economic development and would regulate adult use marijuana, while leaning heavily on Pennsylv...
Feb 06, 2024
Sask. teachers to withdraw noon-hour supervision Thursday as strikes continue
As Saskatchewan teachers continue to hold rotating strikes, their union is adding more pressure in its push for a new contract. On Monday, the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation (STF) said teachers acr...
Feb 05, 2024
Quebec going ahead with out-of-province tuition hikes despite advisory body concern
MONTREAL - Quebec is moving forward with a plan to hike tuition for out-of-province Canadian students by about 30 per cent, despite a letter from a government-mandated advisory committee urging them t...
Feb 04, 2024
Contract talks between Sask. teachers, government remain stalled
The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation and the provincial government both have said they to want to get back to the bargaining table, but neither group is budging on negotiation points. One day after s...
Feb 02, 2024 Saskatchewan Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill. (Lisa Schick/980 CJME file photo)
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8:30 - Canada's industrial carbon tax is set to rise again, and it's sparking a lot of debate about what that means for ...