Ontario Schools
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Ontario warns of ‘discipline measures’ if students don’t follow classroom cellphone banOntario's education minister is reminding Ontarians of the upcoming cellphone ban in classrooms and warns of disciplinary measures, including being sent to the principal's office.EducationAug 29
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Toronto students, teachers seek relief from hot classrooms amid heat waveWhen temperatures soar – as they have this week while much of Ontario experiences a heat wave – the class gets stuffy, the students get sweaty and learning can be difficult.WeatherJun 20
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New plan to limit cellphone use, ban vaping in all Ontario schoolsThe 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.EducationApr 28
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Student nutrition programs in Ontario grapple with nearly ‘limitless need’Half of a hard-boiled egg or an apple cut six ways — student nutrition programs across Ontario are finding ways to stretch increasingly insufficient dollars.EducationMar 11
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Ontario introduces strategy to halve timelines for building schoolsOntario's education minister says he is introducing a new process for building schools that will cut timelines in half.EducationDec 11, 2023
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Ontario to implement new comprehensive epilepsy policy in schools"When you see someone having a seizure, it's extremely scary and frightening, so our goal is to empower teachers and empower staff to know how to respond," she added.HealthDec 5, 2023
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Suspect arrested in Morocco after school bomb-threat scares in Ontario, BelgiumOntario Provincial Police say an individual believed to be responsible for bomb threats towards Ontario schools earlier this month has been arrested in Morocco.CrimeNov 30, 2023
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Ontario government expands Holocaust education in schoolsOntario is expanding mandatory Holocaust education in Grade 10, including to add learning about contemporary impacts of rising antisemitism.EducationNov 1, 2023
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Peel school board faces calls for transparency on library ‘weeding’ processThe board has said that older books, are allowed in schools if they are ``accurate, relevant to the student population, inclusive, not harmful, and support the current curriculum."EducationSep 14, 2023
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Ontario schools in wealthier, urban areas see more access to extracurriculars: reportThe report says that while extracurricular activities have largely recovered from being paused during the pandemic, access is lagging behind for those in rural or low-income areas.EducationSep 5, 2023
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