Curriculum

• Teachers’ unions urged to take arbitration route to avoid strike: Ontario education minister

  Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce is urging three teachers' unions to agree to a deal that avoids a strike.

  Canada

  Aug 28
  
• 2 years since its inception, a Manitoba First Nation welcomes new solar greenhouse

  A solar-powered greenhouse is expected to become part of the school's curriculum for students at a Manitoba First Nation while providing residents with access to food.

  Environment

  Jul 24
  
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• Southern Alberta school divisions reflect on academic year

  Students and staff returned to in-person learning -- and remained in classrooms -- for the entire school year after previous interruptions from COVID-19.

  Education

  Jun 28
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• Cursive writing to be reintroduced in Ontario schools this fall

  Relegated in 2006 to an optional piece of learning in Ontario elementary schools, cursive writing is set to return as a mandatory part of the curriculum starting in September.

  Education

  Jun 22
• Students begin heading back to school in Lethbridge

  With no more COVID-19 public health measures affecting the way students learn in Alberta, many students are feeling the nerves and excitement as the summer break comes to an end.

  Education

  Aug 31, 2022
• Education advocates at Calgary rally call for full delay in curriculum implementation

  Parents and educators who don't like Alberta's proposed school curriculum aren't giving up the fight to have it scrapped as many gathered to voice their concerns on Saturday.

  Education

  Dec 18, 2021
• Alberta Teachers’ Association revives concerns over K-6 school curriculum

  The Alberta Teachers' Association surveyed more than 6,500 teachers about the proposed elementary curriculum and says it's imperative for the province to hear their concerns.

  Education

  Sep 29, 2021
• Alberta education minister and province’s teachers swap accusations of politicizing curriculum

  Education Minister Adriana LaGrange says the group representing Alberta teachers is playing politics with a proposed new kindergarten to Grade 6 curriculum.

  Education

  Apr 21, 2021
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• Alberta education minister warns districts that opt out of curriculum pilot won’t give ‘rich feedback’

  Alberta's education minister is warning school districts that don't participate in the review won't be able to provide the same kind of feedback that other districts will.

  Education

  Apr 10, 2021
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• Parts of Alberta’s draft school curriculum plagiarized, academic finds

  Parts of Alberta's proposed curriculum for kindergarten and elementary schoolchildren were copied from other sources without credit, according to an expert in plagiarism.

  Education

  Apr 6, 2021