Tag Archives: Education

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's universities are getting one-year conditional funding agreements as part of an abrupt government policy change that caught school presidents off guard. The terms announced Frid...

A University of Regina nursing student wrongfully accused of cheating is frustrated he faced consequences before any investigations took place. Tyvan Yee opened his email on Jan. 1 to find a message i...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A year after Florida enacted a new law making it more difficult for employers to hire immigrants in the country illegally, the House passed a bill Thursday to let 16- and 17-y...

TORONTO - The municipal staff who administer the child-care system across Ontario are telling Education Minister Stephen Lecce that an $85.5-million cut to their budgets puts the success of the $10-a-...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has announced changes to rules surrounding transgender youth. Policies include requiring parental consent for children 15 and under who want to change their names or pro...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is increasing operating support for public school divisions by an average of 3.4 per cent and leaving the door open to having divisions raise local taxes. Overall fu...

By Derek Craddock Saskatchewan teachers are once again on the picket lines as a series of rotating strikes began on Thursday. Thousands of students at several school divisions in the province are affe...

CALGARY - A professor who specializes in the law and children's rights says policy changes affecting transgender Albertans are concerning. The changes include requiring parental consent for students 1...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A video taken by a high school student shows an Indiana lawmaker flash a gun to students who were visiting the statehouse to talk to legislators about gun control. A student from B...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A Nebraska lawmaker behind a new law that allows millions in state income tax to go to private school tuition scholarships is now targeting the referendum petition process that co...