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The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) has approved a staff recommendation of changing the date of an upcoming Professional Activity Day (PA Day) to coincide with a rare solar eclipse set to rise above parts of Canada. On Wednesday, TDSB trustees voted in favour (21-1) of a staff recommendation to …
Read More »TDSB voting on whether to cancel classes on day of solar eclipse – Toronto
Canada’s largest school board is voting Wednesday on whether it should revise its school calendar so students can stay home on the day a rare solar eclipse will chart a course through parts of Canada. If the Toronto District School Board votes in favour of the revision, it will join …
Read More »School boards lacking formal policies for AI as students return to class – National
Some of the largest school boards across Canada will begin the new school year without formal policies on the use of artificial intelligence in the classroom, despite concerns about how the technology will impact learning and academic integrity. But while there seems to be wide consensus on the need for …
Read More »Boy with autism receives haircut without consent at Toronto school – Toronto
Parents of a child with autism in Toronto have decided to take him out of his current school and move him after he came home apparently distressed after an educational assistant cut his hair. “We found that he was so aggressive — and traumatized,” his mother Sara Zahan told Global …
Read More »Some Ontario boards plan to keep virtual learning even if province doesn’t require it
TORONTO — Several Ontario school boards are planning to continue offering virtual learning next year, forging ahead before provincial direction is set, and saying it’s now more about a different mode of learning rather than a pandemic response. The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, Toronto Catholic District School Board and Toronto …
Read More »TDSB makes Indigenous course required English credit for Grade 11 – Toronto
TORONTO — Canada’s largest school board has voted to make its required English credit for Grade 11 students a class focused on Indigenous works. Trustees with the Toronto District School Board voted Wednesday night to replace the current mandatory course with Understanding Contemporary First Nations, Metis and Inuit Voices. Board …
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