Education

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B.C. high schools accelerate path from childhood to early childhood educator

Burnaby school district finds creative way to cope with early childhood educator shortage

  • Nov 20, 2023
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People hold Israeli flags during a vigil organized by the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver in support of those killed in Israel, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, October 10, 2023. Canadian Jewish organizations are calling on the Liberal government to remove what they see as barriers to enforcing a relatively new Criminal Code provision against Holocaust denialism amid a rise in antisemitism. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Canada criminalized ‘condoning, denying or downplaying’ the Holocaust: is it working?

Feds say no charges under the new criminal offence so far, despite rising reports of anti-Semitism

People hold Israeli flags during a vigil organized by the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver in support of those killed in Israel, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, October 10, 2023. Canadian Jewish organizations are calling on the Liberal government to remove what they see as barriers to enforcing a relatively new Criminal Code provision against Holocaust denialism amid a rise in antisemitism. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Monitoring safety in kindergarten is getting in the way of teaching, meaning kids are not getting the most out of their education, says Amy Read, a teacher at Quadra Elementary. (Unplash/@lastnameeaster)

Help wanted to address ‘hitting and biting’ in B.C. kindergarten classrooms

Teacher pleads for more educational assistants to give classrooms the support they need

Monitoring safety in kindergarten is getting in the way of teaching, meaning kids are not getting the most out of their education, says Amy Read, a teacher at Quadra Elementary. (Unplash/@lastnameeaster)
To combat rising antisemitism, both British Columbia and Ontario announced this week that they would introduce mandatory Holocaust education for high school students, teaching them of the murder of six million Jews and others during the Second World War by Nazi Germany. (Black Press file photo)

Educators ‘heartened’ as B.C. and Ontario mandate Holocaust education

Future Grade 10 students in B.C. will learn about the Holocaust as part of a broadened curriculum

To combat rising antisemitism, both British Columbia and Ontario announced this week that they would introduce mandatory Holocaust education for high school students, teaching them of the murder of six million Jews and others during the Second World War by Nazi Germany. (Black Press file photo)
B.C. high school teacher Douglas Andrew Barnim has been suspended for one month for unprofessional communication with a recent graduate student. (Pixabay)

B.C. high school teacher suspended over communication with recent grad

Teacher said they would be friends for life, gave student dating advice

B.C. high school teacher Douglas Andrew Barnim has been suspended for one month for unprofessional communication with a recent graduate student. (Pixabay)
FILE - Former first lady Michelle Obamad smiles as she speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago on Sept. 28, 2021. Obama will narrate a new digital audio edition of Maurice Sendak’s children’s book “”Where the Wild Things Are.” HarperCollins Publishers announced Tuesday that the audio download will go on sale Oct. 31, the 60th anniversary of the book’s original release. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Michelle Obama to narrate audio edition of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’

A new digital audio edition of Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things…

FILE - Former first lady Michelle Obamad smiles as she speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago on Sept. 28, 2021. Obama will narrate a new digital audio edition of Maurice Sendak’s children’s book “”Where the Wild Things Are.” HarperCollins Publishers announced Tuesday that the audio download will go on sale Oct. 31, the 60th anniversary of the book’s original release. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
Fire crews continue to put out the fire at Hazel Trembath Elementary School in Port Coquitlam, B.C., on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. Plans are underway to bring school life back to normal as quickly as possible for students and teachers after a Metro Vancouver elementary school was destroyed in a suspicious weekend fire. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Plans underway to get back to the books after suspicious fire razes B.C. school

Coquitlam RCMP investigating a suspicious fire at Hazel Trembath Elementary School in Port Coquitlam

Fire crews continue to put out the fire at Hazel Trembath Elementary School in Port Coquitlam, B.C., on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. Plans are underway to bring school life back to normal as quickly as possible for students and teachers after a Metro Vancouver elementary school was destroyed in a suspicious weekend fire. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
The B.C. Teachers’ Federation is calling for an end to the Foundation Skills Assessment tests, citing concerns around the data collected and shared.

BCTF calls for end to FSA tests citing concerns around data

But the province says the grades 4 to 7 tests are meant to provide feedback for B.C. schools

The B.C. Teachers’ Federation is calling for an end to the Foundation Skills Assessment tests, citing concerns around the data collected and shared.
People attend competing rallies in support of, and opposing the Saskatchewan government’s proposed legislation on pronoun policy in front of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building in Regina on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. The Saskatchewan government plans to invoke the notwithstanding clause to override a judge’s injunction and introduce legislation about the province’s pronoun policy in school. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu

Hundreds rally as Saskatchewan pronoun bill nears introduction

Saskatchewan bill on trans name use in schools, notwithstanding clause coming later this week: Moe

People attend competing rallies in support of, and opposing the Saskatchewan government’s proposed legislation on pronoun policy in front of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building in Regina on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. The Saskatchewan government plans to invoke the notwithstanding clause to override a judge’s injunction and introduce legislation about the province’s pronoun policy in school. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Heywood Yu
A pedestrian makes his way along an icy sidewalk Tuesday, February 26, 2019 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Okanagan school district needs kitty litter for ice, not kids

Responding to social media, SD67 says it’s not ordering litter for students who identify as cats

  • Sep 28, 2023
A pedestrian makes his way along an icy sidewalk Tuesday, February 26, 2019 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
An anti-SOGI protest was held outside of the Abbotsford school district administration office during the public board of education meeting on Tuesday night (Sept. 26). (Screengrab from video)

Police escort Abbotsford trustees from meeting amid anti-SOGI protest

School board meeting disrupted after 300 demonstrators gather

An anti-SOGI protest was held outside of the Abbotsford school district administration office during the public board of education meeting on Tuesday night (Sept. 26). (Screengrab from video)
Mohawk artist Lee Claremont presents to the Indigenous Art Studio class at Mount Boucherie Secondary School. (Photo courtesy of Jim Elwood)

New B.C. grad requirement introduces students to local Indigenous teachings

Some school districts developing unique courses alongside First Nations to fulfill new requirement

Mohawk artist Lee Claremont presents to the Indigenous Art Studio class at Mount Boucherie Secondary School. (Photo courtesy of Jim Elwood)
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WOLF: B.C. letter grade debate gets high marks for provoking thought

COLUMN: All districts now use proficiency scale through Grade 9

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BC Greens are calling on the provincial government to introduce a universal school food program, but the provincial government says local districts know best how to serve their communities. (Black Press Media file photo)

Calls for universal school food program in B.C. get sent back

Provincial government says local district knows best in response to BC Greens’ demand

BC Greens are calling on the provincial government to introduce a universal school food program, but the provincial government says local districts know best how to serve their communities. (Black Press Media file photo)
School District No. 74 includes Desert Sands Community School in Ashcroft. (Photo credit: DSCS)

$200,000 private donation helps B.C. district fill teacher shortage

Gold Trail School District used money to offer incentives to draw teachers to the community

School District No. 74 includes Desert Sands Community School in Ashcroft. (Photo credit: DSCS)
School zones are back in effect from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily in Vernon. (Vernon RCMP Photo)

Crashes injure 51 children every year in school and playground zones: ICBC

Education minister, police chief urges British Columbians to slow down near schools

School zones are back in effect from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily in Vernon. (Vernon RCMP Photo)
Students across much of Canada are packing lunches and slinging on backpacks today as they bid farewell to summer vacation and gear up for another school year. A elementary student arrives for his first day back to school in Montreal, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Wildfires, climate issues accompany Canadians back to school

Wildfires affecting classes to the north and west, heat wave smacks the centre of the country

Students across much of Canada are packing lunches and slinging on backpacks today as they bid farewell to summer vacation and gear up for another school year. A elementary student arrives for his first day back to school in Montreal, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Education Minister Rachna Singh, here seen in June, says B.C. won’t follow Quebec’s example of a province-wide ban of cellphones in classrooms as school returns. (Photo courtesy of Langley School District).

Sweeping cellphone ban not incoming for B.C. classrooms

Education minister says ban will be up to individual schools, defends letter grade decision

Education Minister Rachna Singh, here seen in June, says B.C. won’t follow Quebec’s example of a province-wide ban of cellphones in classrooms as school returns. (Photo courtesy of Langley School District).
Students await their bus on Douglas Highway Tuesday morning for the first day of the 2023-2024 school year. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire)

Back to school arrives with affordabilty, AI, climate change issues

Most families, however, are focused on the usual change of routines

Students await their bus on Douglas Highway Tuesday morning for the first day of the 2023-2024 school year. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire)
Middle school teacher Zahra Hassan is seen in a portrait in Mississauga, Ont., Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

TikTok teachers balance privacy and misconceptions on social media

Social media platform offers chance to share issues and ideas important to the profession

Middle school teacher Zahra Hassan is seen in a portrait in Mississauga, Ont., Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby