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Documents prepared to brief the education minister predict a growing population and retirements will lead to a growing gap between the number of teachers and students in Ontario.

New rules that ban the use of cellphones in class are taking effect at schools across Ontario this week, but critics say they're unsure how the regulations will be enforced.

Manitoba, now the only western Canadian province without an overarching cellphone ban in school classrooms, says an update is coming.

As the region moves into what’s being called “dangerously hot and humid” weather, a local union leader is worried about a lack of high heat plans at Thames Valley District schools.

Major teachers' unions are welcoming a change in education ministers in a cabinet shuffle, saying they hope it signals a new path forward with Premier Doug Ford's government.

An arbitrator has awarded Ontario's elementary teachers a raise of nearly 12 per cent over the course of its four-year deal with the province.

Toronto police say two suspects fired shots at Bais Chaya Mushka Elementary School and that no one was injured, though there is damage to the building.

On Sunday, Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced new rules for vaping and cellphones that will be introduced at schools across the province when the academic year begins.

The Ford government announced it is introducing limits on cellphone use in schools and banning vaping devices in a move to help improve learning in the classroom.

Ontario's teachers have rejected a request from the Ministry of Education to let retired teachers work longer, saying their needs to be a real solution to staff shortages.

Approximately 700 secondary teachers with the school board had been without a collective agreement since Aug. 31, 2022.

The STF has brought class size and complexities to the last two rounds of negotiations and in both rounds the government has pushed the issues aside to a committee.

Ontario's top court has ruled a controversial law that limited raises for public service workers is unconstitutional. The Ford government has opted not to appeal the decision.

Two major teaching unions in Ontario have netted Bill 124 backpay agreements for the years they were governed by the wage restraint legislation ahead of an appeal court ruling.

The board says it has approximately 700 contract secondary teachers and 1,500 contract elementary teachers. Both groups have been without a collective agreement since Aug 31, 2022.

Hamilton's public school board reported a year-over-year spike in violence against educators, particularly support workers, during 2022/2023.

Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce says new curriculum plans will ensure students have strong reading, writing and math skills when they enter Grade 1.

The Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario has agreed to a deal reached with the Ontario government, ending a negotiation period that lasted more than a year.

Ontario's public school elementary teachers are set to receive years of backpay to make up for the Ford government's controversial Bill 124.

Ontario's education minister says public elementary teachers have reached a tentative contract deal with the provincial government.