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Ontario’s education minister is reminding Ontarians of the upcoming cellphone ban in classrooms across the province and warns of disciplinary measures, including being sent to the principal’s office, just days before the start of the new school year. Jill Dunlop made the remarks on Thursday at a school in Caledon, …
Read More »Manitoba parents voice support for ban on electronic devices in the classroom – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ahead of the upcoming academic year, more jurisdictions are implementing bans on electronic devices in the classroom. Most recently, Saskatchewan introduced an electronic device ban for the fall, making Manitoba the only province outside of Atlantic Canada to not have a provincially …
Read More »Ontario wants meeting with social media execs to battle classroom distractions
Ontario’s education minister says he wants to sit down with social media executives to work out how to reduce distractions and enforce bans on certain apps in the classroom. Education Minister Stephen Lecce will table legislation on Monday designed to give the government powers aimed at cracking down on privacy …
Read More »Minivan crashes through school, damaging library and classroom in Goderich, Ont.
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A public school library and classroom are severely damaged and charges are pending against a 17-year-old driver after a minivan crashed into a school in Goderich, Ont., but a spokesperson for the school board says “it could have been so much worse.” …
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