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In an interview with Focus Ontario to discuss his overhaul of school board governance, Minister Paul Calandra said the government is planning the next wave of reforms.

Education Minister Paul Calandra, however, said he won't use the notwithstanding clause if he moves to eliminate trustees in Ontario.

The Ford government's decision to keep trustees in place long-term will not mean the end of supervision at eight Ontario school boards, the education minister says. 

Contracts for Ontario's teachers and education workers expire this summer and their union leaders are calling on the education minister to start the bargaining process early.

Education Minister Paul Calandra released testing data at the end of last year after sitting on it for weeks to consider scores he acknowledged were 'not good enough.'

Education Minister Paul Calandra has put eight school boards under supervision over the past year, sidelining trustees at some of the province's largest school boards.

Doug Ford announced the idea in a social media post on Wednesday evening, saying he had told Education Minister Paul Calandra to work out how schools could make it possible.

The Putting Student Achievement First Act, tabled by Education Minister Paul Calandra on Monday, leaves elected trustees in place at the public, Catholic and French boards.

Most programs are currently four semesters and under upcoming legislation, teachers' college across the province would be delivered in three consecutive semesters over 12 months.

Instead of adding financial literacy to the Grade 10 math curriculum, it will remain in the Grade 10 career studies curriculum and will come with a mandatory test.

Ontario's provincial members of parliament are heading back to Queen's Park Monday, as the legislature sits for the first time since December.

The mayors of Brampton and Mississauga are pushing back on a Ford government plan to amalgamate 36 conservation authorities. They say the move will slow housing approvals.

As part of new legislation, Education Minister Paul Calandra unveiled plans Monday to make attendance part of final marks for students in Grades 10, 11 and 12.

OPSEU is slamming a planned merger between St. Lawrence and Fleming colleges, saying staff were blindsided by a consolidation driven by provincial underfunding.

Before legislators returned to their ridings before the Good Friday long weekend, Education Minister Paul Calandra promised his long-awaited legislation was finally ready.

New invoices obtained by Global News using freedom of information laws show a lack of uniformity in how supervisors are working and being compensated.

Ontario is embedding in legislation a policy that would give priority for medical residency positions to applicants with a connection to the province.

The new legislation includes a range of measures around official plans, the building code and a suite of highway and transit changes.

The unions representing elementary and secondary school teachers in Toronto said a total of 607 positions would be eliminated, but the school board says it's much lower.

The federal government is making money available in three separate streams, with the provincial stream being available for projects such as health care, and housing.