EDUCATION MINISTER
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Teachers strike puts 950,000 kids out of school. Here’s what’s keeping the Ford government and unions apart
Classes are cancelled Thursday for nearly one million elementary school kids, as Ontario’s biggest teachers’ union holds its first province-wide…
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Education minister, teachers’ union head accuse each other of lying about ongoing talks
Ontario’s education minister and the head of the province’s biggest teachers’ union are openly accusing each other of lying to the public about…
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‘Nothing is off the table’ in Ontario government’s talks with teachers, education minister says
Ontario’s education minister held a Friday afternoon news conference amid contract talks with the province’s teachers. Lecce told reporters “nothing is…
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Province demands minister be invited to all school ribbon-cuttings
A London MPP is lashing out at a directive from the province that requires local school boards to invite the education…
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CUPE education workers threaten ‘disruptive’ work-to-rule campaign
The chances are “very high” that 55,000 employees of Ontario schools will work-to-rule starting next week, according to a union…
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Ontario school boards must develop service animal policy: Minister
School boards across the province must develop policies and procedures surrounding students with service animals by January 1, 2020. Just over half…
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Ontario restricting cellphone use in classrooms starting in November
Ontario will be restricting the use of cellphones in classrooms starting in November. The government had originally announced the ban…
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High school class sizes in Ontario to remain ‘effectively the same’ this year, Lecce says
Ontario is open to negotiating a smaller boost to class sizes, the education minister said Thursday, while downplaying impacts of…
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Government moves forward with school repair funding; asks boards to submit funding requests
Ontario is asking school boards across the province to submit funding requests for their most pressing repair projects as it…
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Ontario cancels $50M fund that helped child care centres not pass on costs to parents
Ontario has ended a $50 million fund that helped child care centres cover increasing labour costs without passing them on…
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TDSB scrambles to deal with budget shortfall expected to be ‘closer’ to $54M
The Toronto District School Board will have to make some difficult decisions as it scrambles to deal with a budget…
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Ontario marginally increases school board funding, but per-pupil amount drops
Ontario is marginally increasing overall funding to school boards, but rising enrolment means the amount boards will get per student…
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Ford government poised to spend $1.6B to ensure no teachers lose jobs due to larger class sizes
The Canadian Press has learned that Ontario will put $1.6 billion toward ensuring school boards don’t have to lay off…
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369 Peel teachers learn they won’t have permanent spots in September
More than 360 teachers with the Peel District School Board have learned they will no longer have permanent positions heading…
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TDSB projects $28.7M shortfall due to provincial cuts
Ontario’s largest school board has to account for a $28.7 million shortfall next year because of the province’s changes to…
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Ontario teachers who face losing their jobs are ‘more than welcome’ in B.C., minister says
Teachers who might soon be out of work in Ontario are being welcomed in B.C. A provincial memo in Ontario laid…
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Few Ontario high school students currently enrolled in e-learning courses: report
Just five per cent of students on average per high school in Ontario are currently enrolled in online courses, and…
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