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How a Toronto teacher got her students off their cellphones with a simple pledge
Vanessa Yoon, an accounting and personal finance teacher at York Mills Collegiate Institute, is photographed during class on May 1, 2024. Yoon signed an agreement with parents of students that if phones are a distraction, then the teacher has the right to take the phone away during the duration of class. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
world
Israel plans changes to Palestinian education to remake how children are taught
Ihab Shukri, who leads development of scientific curriculum at the Palestinian Ministry of Education, shows a locally-developed textbook April 17, 2024 (Nathan VanderKlippe/The Globe and Mail)
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Active shooter ‘neutralized’ outside Wisconsin school, officials say amid reports of gunshots, panic
People wait for their children outside the Mount Horeb School District bus station in Mount Horeb, Wis., where students were taken after an active shooter situation at the middle school, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Authorities said without giving details that the “alleged assailant” was harmed, and a witness said she had heard gunshots and saw dozens of children running. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond)
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Cellphone crackdown will improve student achievement, Ontario Education Minister Lecce says
Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce speaks to journalists at the Queen's Park Legislature in Toronto, on Friday August 25, 2023. Ontario's teachers have rebuffed a request from the Ministry of Education to let retired teachers work longer, saying the government needs to come up with a real solution to staff shortages. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Ontario introducing plan to limit cellphone use, social media and vaping in schools
Ontario is proposing to allow teachers without technological credentials to teach certain tech courses for the next school year, which teachers and principals suggest indicates the province is ill-prepared for the new mandatory nature of those classes. Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce delivers remarks at Lakeshore Collegiate Institute in Toronto, on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Ontario to issue tougher policies for cellphone use and vaping in schools
Ontario's English Catholic teachers are asking for a conciliator to help their contract negotiations with the province. An empty classroom is shown in Toronto in a Monday, Sept. 14, 2020 file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
opinion
Studying abroad: Why students in Sri Lanka are applying to Canadian, U.S. and U.K. universities
Randy Boyagoda
obituary
Filmmaker Roger McTair focused his lens on the lives of Black Canadians
Roger McTair, author, educator and documentary filmmaker, made an indelible contribution to his adopted home. Mr. McTair came to Canada in 1970 from Trinidad. He died in Toronto on April 8 at 80 years of age from Parkinson’s disease and associated complications. MANDATORY CREDIT: Nabil Shash
world
A Nigerian chess champion plays the royal game for 60 hours, breaking global record
In this screen grab taken from video, Tunde Onakoya, 29- years old, a Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate, poses on the street in Times Square, New York, Thursday, April, 18, 2024. A Nigerian chess player and child education advocate is attempting to play chess nonstop for 58 hours in New York City's Times Square to break the global record for the longest chess marathon and raise $1m for the education of children across Africa. (AP Video/John Minchillo)
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Saskatchewan education minister apologizes for comment to mother whose daughter died
Saskatchewan Minister of Education Jeremy Cockrill speaks to members of the media after the speech from the throne is delivered in Regina, on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. As the Saskatchewan government releases it's 2024 budget Wednesday, all eyes will be on the fate of the province's biggest amateur sporting event. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
fitness
What I learned from 10-minute workouts, and how to get started
Sadaf Ahsan
world
Wife of ex-Harvard morgue manager pleads guilty to transporting stolen human remains
FILE - Denise Lodge, left, covers her face with a printout of the indictment against her as she walks from the federal courthouse, Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in Concord, N.H., following her arrest on charges related to an alleged scheme to steal and sell donated body parts. Lodge, 64, the wife of a former Harvard Medical School morgue manager has pleaded guilty Friday, April 12, 2024, to a federal charge after investigators said she shipped stolen human body parts to buyers. (Steven Porter/The Boston Globe via AP, File)
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Woman who stabbed classmate to please ‘Slender Man’ won’t be released from psychiatric hospital
Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren presides over a motion hearing for Morgan Geyser on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Waukesha, Wis. Two psychologists testified Wednesday that Geyser, who at age 12 stabbed a sixth-grade classmate nearly to death to please the online horror character Slender Man, should not be released yet from a psychiatric hospital. (Scott Ash/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)
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Draft of Saskatchewan’s school pronoun policy gave teachers discretion for at-risk students, e-mails show
Students gather on the steps of the Legislature after a walkout protesting the Province's proposed pronoun legistlation in Regina, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Valerie Zink
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Russia’s Putin signs decree on spring military conscription
FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the Five Seas and Lake Baikal project of federal all-year-round resorts, via video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia March 28, 2024. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Saskatchewan teachers hope to be back at bargaining table with government next week
Saskatchewan Education Minister Jeremy Cockrill speaks to members of the media after the release of the Saskatchewan budget in Regina, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Cockrill says the province will make sure graduation ceremonies go ahead this summer should teachers take job action. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
u.s. business
Visa, Mastercard settle long-running antitrust suit over swipe fees with U.S. merchants
FILE PHOTO: MasterCard and VISA credit cards are seen in this picture illustration taken June 9, 2016. This logo has been updated and is no longer in use. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev/Illustration
opinion
The productivity puzzle: How could we be doing so poorly? We did everything right!
Andrew Coyne
books
Judith Butler revisits gender in new book examining anger, outcry and dangerous rhetoric
Author Judith Butler
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Federation rejects request from Ontario to let retired teachers work more
Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce speaks to journalists at the Queen's Park Legislature in Toronto, on Friday August 25, 2023. Ontario's teachers have rebuffed a request from the Ministry of Education to let retired teachers work longer, saying the government needs to come up with a real solution to staff shortages. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Federation opposes proposal to boost number of days retired Ontario teachers can work in classrooms
A classroom is shown in Scarborough, Ont., on Monday, September 14, 2020. A new report released as most Ontario students return to classrooms today says students at schools in wealthier and urban neighbourhoods have greater access to extracurriculars like sports and clubs.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
opinion
Letting 16-year-olds quit school to go into skilled trades? What can go wrong?
David Moscrop
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Saskatchewan legislature members spar over impasse with teachers
Saskatchewan Minister of Education Jeremy Cockrill speaks in the Saskatchewan legislature in Regina, on Tuesday, October 10, 2023. Debate over a labour dispute between Saskatchewan teachers and the province heated up in the legislature Monday, with the Opposition demanding the government get a deal done. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
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Saskatchewan announces more education spending, in hopes teachers return to bargaining table
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe looks on during an interview in Regina, on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. Moe says his government is offering millions of dollars in new education funding in hopes teachers return to the bargaining table.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
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Ontario’s English Catholic teachers reach tentative deal with province, averting job action
Ontario's top court has upheld the validity of a mandatory math test for new teachers. A classroom is seen during a media tour of an elementary school in Vancouver on September 2, 2020.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
management
AI will increase incomes for high-wage earners, but inequality will grow, IMF study warns
Linda Nazareth
opinion
It is not too late to pivot the development of AI in a more pro-human direction
Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson
canada
Labour-starved provinces seek new ways to draw high-school students to skilled trades
politics
Empty desks, international students and the quest for Canadian work permits
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Quebec's common front unionized workers vote to accept deal with province
Union leader Eric Gingras of the CSQ speaks at a news conference on the agreements that were accepted by their members after negotiations with the government in Quebec City, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
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New Brunswick child and youth advocate suggests schools be cellphone-free zones
New Brunswick's child and youth advocate says changes to the province's policy on sexual orientation and gender identity in schools violate the Charter rights of children. Kelly Lamrock reviews Policy 713 at the Fredericton Convention Centre on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Hina Alam
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`No austerity’ despite bigger deficit due to spending on Quebec teachers, Legault says
Quebec Premiere Francois Legault speaks to the press alongside Sonia LeBel, Minister Responsible for Government Administration Chair of the Treasury Council and Quebec Minister of Education, Bernard Drainville during a press conference in Montreal, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter McCabe
world
Donors, Ottawa pressed to continue funding education programs for girls in Liberia
OTTAWA — Yvonne Capehart Weah (pictured) of Liberia was in Ottawa to meet with the CODE team, including Janice Ciavaglia, CODE’s CEO, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. Photo by Ashley Fraser, Globe and Mail
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Quebec going ahead with out-of-province tuition hikes despite advisory body concern
The Quebec government 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 to reconsider. Quebec Minister for higher Education Pascale Dery responds to the Opposition during question period, Thursday, September 28, 2023 at the legislature in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
british columbia
B.C. seeks leniency as Ottawa reins in international student numbers
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with B.C. Premier David Eby on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
opinion
Be wary of simple solutions on the foreign student issue
Ratna Omidvar