In Peel region, police and school administrators continue to work to reassure parents that safety plans are in place after six schools became the target of violent threats online. Kayla McLean reports.
Teacher reveals reality of 'poop buckets' in classrooms after school shootings
Until I looked into the tragic case of Ruth Perry, the headteacher who took her own life after receiving an “inadequate” Ofsted rating, I hadn’t realised that the regulator automatically downgrades a school if there is a concern over “safeguarding”.
Officials at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C., have accepted the return of an honorary degree awarded to Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, the former judge and law professor whose claims of Indigenous ancestryhave been discredited. A statement from SFU president Joy Johnson says Turpel-Lafond opted to return the 2016 award after the university told her it was under review. Johnson says the school had received requests to review the degree in relation to "the importance of Indigenous identity and
In the 911 calls from the Nashville school shooting, a student can be heard telling his teacher he wanted to "go home" between sobs.
The New Brunswick government considered, but ultimately opted against, buying back the former Moncton High School building to reopen it as a school. The landmark building on Church Street closed in 2015, and the property was later sold to a company that intended to convert it to leasable commercial space. Morgan Bell, a spokesperson for the province's education department, confirmed it considered "reclaiming" the building for a school. "However, due to the significant amount of investment that w
From school board term limits to gender-specific bathrooms, pronouns, teaching Black history and much more, the Florida Legislature considers an array of changes.
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Professors at the New College of Florida are using personal email because they’re afraid of being subpoenaed. Students are concerned, too. Some fear for their physical safety. Many worry their teachers will be fired en masse and their courses and books will be policed. It’s increasingly hard to focus on their studies. For years, students have come to this public liberal arts college on the western coast of Florida because they were self-described free thinkers. Now they fin
“A few in our school, on our Board, and in our community are choosing to terrorize our school community, instead of building our school and helping our students,” the resignation letter says.
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Reuters/Shutterstock/Wikimedia CommonsGet more news and opinions in the twice-daily Beast Digest newsletter. Don’t miss the next big story, sign up here.Florida Atlantic University’s (FAU) is in the midst of a Cinderella run in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, reaching the Final Four in its first tournament appearance in more than two decades—a historic achievement for a school that is a “mid-major” in college sports. But those feel-g
Happy Hippie Foundation gave a warm message to students after officials said Cyrus and Parton's LGBTQ-inclusive song "could be deemed controversial."
A video shared on social media shows the teacher arguing with students about the use of the racial slur.
After years of COVID-related school shutdowns and a focus on leftist ideology at schools, frustrated parents have started demanding new options.
The city's planning for Orange Shirt Day has begun. Timmins' Indigenous Advisory Committee (IAC) discussed how the city can expand its successful orange bus initiative and the Every Child Matters crosswalk that was put up on Pine Street and Third Avenue last year at its meeting yesterday (March 29). “We had the orange bus which went viral on social media,” said Coun. Kristin Murray, who also sits on the IAC. “So there’s a lot of interest in the bus, and we’re looking at having bus panels made, a
Kemi Badenoch has suggested schools should not have gender neutral toilets as she insisted privacy was “the key thing” for pupils.
A leaked government report has revealed some teachers are working 60 hours or more a week, with a quarter considering leaving the profession altogether because of the "unacceptable" high workload. The findings from a survey conducted by the Department for Education (DfE), and seen by Sky News, said eight in ten were working upwards of 40 hours, while 22% worked 60 hours a week or more. There was also criticism of the current schools inspection regime, with 63% of teachers and leaders saying it did not provide "a fair assessment of school performance".
Loveland High School parents say they did not find out about a possible school threat until after the investigation was over and class was canceled.
The state Senate voted 37-9 to override the veto Thursday afternoon, just hours after Gov. Doug Burgum's office announced his decision. The House, which will convene Friday, must still vote on the override, The Bismarck Tribune reported. If the bill became law, public school teachers and employees would be barred from using a transgender student's preferred pronoun unless they have permission from the student's parents as well as a school administrator.
"If this one thing I say helps somebody else have the guts to stand up and say something, then maybe somebody will have the guts to stand up and do something," Key said during a press conference
An expert told Insider that when schools focus on devices or hardware "we miss a lot of opportunity to work to prevent violence in our schools."
While officials have now confirmed there is no active shooting, the situation remains fluid and two male suspects remain at large
