School System

• ‘You don’t want to alienate your electorate’: Political risk in N.B. immersion changes growing

  Hundreds of parents have packed public consultation meetings over the last two weeks to express concerns and anger over proposed changes to French second-language learning.

  Education

  Jan 27, 2023
  
• Two B.C. moms urge parents to keep kids out of school to protest COVID-19 class size, mask rules

  The BC Student SICK Out has been planned by two moms in Langley and has more than 2,500 members on Facebook.

  Education

  Dec 1, 2020
  
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• B.C. students in need of additional support have fallen behind amid COVID-19 pandemic: report

  B.C. children and youth with disabilities have seen their access diminish in the school system due to the ongoing pandemic.

  Education

  Jul 28, 2020
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• Decline in international students due to COVID-19 won’t mean teacher layoffs, B.C. premier says

  B.C. Premier John Horgan is promising school districts they will not need to cut any teaching positions to make up for a loss in revenues from sagging international student enrolment.

  Education

  May 7, 2020
• Coronavirus: B.C. teachers scramble to organize at-home learning as spring break ends

  School districts around the province trying to figure out remote instruction for kids of all ages, abilities and computer access, as spring break ends March 27 but in-classroom instruction remains on hold to help slow the spread of COVID-19. 

  Education

  Mar 27, 2020
• Mental health teams expanded in N.B. school system

  The premier says 100 new mental health support staff will be hired to work as part of child and youth teams within every school in the province

  Education

  Sep 26, 2017