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TDSB votes to recognize that caste oppression exists in Toronto schools
Teachers register students in physical distancing circles at Portage Trail Community School which is part of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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TDSB apology before investigation into alleged racism ‘troubles’ Ontario principals’ group
John Fisher Public School on Erskine Ave in Toronto pictured March 7, 2023. No credit
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Caste bullying at Toronto schools prompts vote over new protected category
Teachers register students in physical distancing circles at Portage Trail Community School which is part of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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TDSB investigating alleged racist incident after six year old put in isolation for full day
Exteriors of the John Fisher Public School, are photographed in on May 24 2017. A thirty five storey condominium project which has received approval to be built beside the school in the Yonge St. and Eglinton Ave. area has upset some parents who have held protests against the development. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
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TDSB spending millions on administrative leave for principals, data shows
Principals can be placed on administrative leave while they are being investigated on misconduct allegations.
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Toronto school board makes Indigenous course required English credit
A Toronto District School Board logo is seen on a sign in front of a high school in Toronto, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. A 17-year-old student is in life-threatening condition after being stabbed inside his high school in Toronto's east end. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Some Ontario boards plan to keep virtual learning even if province doesn’t require it
Several Ontario school boards are planning to continue offering virtual learning for the 2023-24 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. A person types on a laptop in New Jersey, May 18, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jenny Kane
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More TDSB students applied to specialized schools after admissions process overhaul
FILE PHOTO: A teacher walks the divided hallways at Hunter's Glen Junior Public School, part of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB), in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada September 14, 2020. Picture taken September 14, 2020. Nathan Denette/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
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Since the start of the pandemic, Canada has not stopped short-changing our children
Robyn Urback
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Ontario introducing Grade 6 Holocaust education requirement in 2023
A grade two classroom is shown at Hunter's Glen Junior Public School which is part of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. A union representing 55,000 education workers set to strike says it hopes to hear back today from the government on a counter-offer made late Tuesday night. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Ontario files labour board application to stop job action as education workers begin strike
CUPE members and supporters join a demonstration outside the office of Parm Gill, Member of Provincial Parliament for the riding of Milton, in Milton, Ont., on Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nick Iwanyshyn
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Historical sense is what keeps us human – and future generations might lose it, if we’re not careful
Trilby Kent
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Fewer than half of Ontario Grade 6 students met provincial standard in math: EQAO results
A grade six class room is shown at Hunter's Glen Junior Public School which is part of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Sept. 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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More Grade 1 students at the TDSB did not meet reading benchmarks at the end of last year compared to data from a decade ago
 A Toronto District School Board sign is shown in front of a high school in Toronto on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. TDSB staff who aren't yet vaccinated against COVID-19 have been given an extension to get their shots. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Former Toronto public school board leader had financial stake in for-profit private school
Toronto, Ontario - December 17, 2014 -- Toronto District School Board meeting -- TDSB Director of Education Donna Quan attends a trustees public meeting at the Toronto District School Board building in Toronto, Wednesday December 17, 2014. (Mark Blinch for the Globe and Mail)
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Toronto District School Board targets newcomers for French immersion
Azra Hussain stops to show a pink bag to her four-year-old daughter Inaaya Hammad’s as they walk to school together for her first day of class on Wednesday, September 7, 2022. Katherine Cheng/The Globe and Mail.
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Is it time to reimagine the school portable?
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Ontario teachers’ unions voice concern about lifting isolation rule days before school starts
Kindergarten children line up before entering class at Portage Trail Community School which is part of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB), on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Toronto school board investigating after teacher allegedly taped two kindergarten students to chair
The Toronto District School Board head office at 5050 Yonge St., is photographed on Feb 6 2018. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
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Why we should make physical education mandatory for every teen
Josh Fullan
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When the school year fizzles out, we’re telling kids that education is optional
Naomi Buck
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Early literacy assessment in Toronto shows large gap based on family income
FILE PHOTO: Students arrive for the first time since the start of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic at Hunter's Glen Junior Public School, part of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada September 15, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo
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TDSB votes to change admission policy for specialty schools
TORONTO, ONT.: May 5, 2011 -- (L to R) Grade 12 students Jean-Luc Lindsay, 18, and Andrea Chartrand, 18, complete a painting at Etobicoke School for the Arts in Toronto, Ont., May 5, 2011...........Sarah Dea/For The Globe and Mail Story details: In the former science classrooms of a middle-aged high school in Toronto's west end, rows of canvases worth more than $1-million in scholarship money line yellowed laminate floors. They are the work of this year's graduating class of visual arts majors at the Etobicoke School of the Arts, a group of 19 students who won more than $1.53-million in scholarships this year from the likes of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and the San Francisco Art Institute. As Canada's oldest free-standing arts-focused school, ESA has built a strong reputation. Admissions to ESA's visual arts department are competitive; there about 200 applicants for 50 spots each year. The school offers drama, musical theatre, dance, film and music majors too, and about 25 per cent of its students come from elementary schools outside the Toronto District School Board, most often private or Catholic ones.
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Toronto school board to decide on admissions process for specialized schools
TORONTO, ONT.: May 5, 2011 -- (L to R) Grade 12 students Andrea Chartrand, 18, and Jean-Luc Lindsay, 18, complete a painting at Etobicoke Art School in Toronto, Ont., May 5, 2011...........Sarah Dea/For The Globe and Mail Story details: In the former science classrooms of a middle-aged high school in Toronto's west end, rows of canvases worth more than $1-million in scholarship money line yellowed laminate floors. They are the work of this year's graduating class of visual arts majors at the Etobicoke School of the Arts, a group of 19 students who won more than $1.53-million in scholarships this year from the likes of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and the San Francisco Art Institute. As Canada's oldest free-standing arts-focused school, ESA has built a strong reputation. Admissions to ESA's visual arts department are competitive; there about 200 applicants for 50 spots each year. The school offers drama, musical theatre, dance, film and music majors too, and about 25 per cent of its students come from elementary schools outside the Toronto District School Board, most often private or Catholic ones.
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TDSB’s specialized program policy review: Mediocrity cannot be our best solution
Kate Blumberg and Sophie Daum
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Ontario NDP, Liberals pledge to overhaul standardized EQAO testing
A grade six class room is shown at Hunter's Glen Junior Public School which is part of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Sept. 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Don’t stamp out the magic of Toronto’s specialty schools in the name of equity
Marcus Gee
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School boards express concerns about required end to mask mandates after March Break
Students arrive for in-class learning at an elementary school in Mississauga, Ont., on Wednesday, January 19, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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TDSB vows to boost education on Holocaust after students give Nazi salute in class
A Toronto District School Board sign is shown in front of a high school in Toronto on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. Ontario will eliminate the practice of academic streaming for students entering high school across all courses next September. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Schools in Western Canada struggle as student, staff absences prompt shift to online classes
School buses lie idle and covered in snow after the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) announced a second day of closures due to heavy snowfall, at Stock Transportation in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, January 18, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
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Toronto school staff work through weekend to prepare COVID-19 rapid test kits
The 3-ply cloth and N95 masks provided by the provincial government, are photographed at Willows Walk Public School, in Whitby, Ont., on Friday, Jan., 14, 2022. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
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Toronto school board says high-school students will not be affected by lower grades in January
A Toronto District School Board sign is shown in front of a high school in Toronto on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. Ontario will eliminate the practice of academic streaming for students entering high school across all courses next September. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Ontario school boards warn of potential last-minute class cancellations during COVID-19 surge
A grade six class room is shown at Hunter's Glen Junior Public School which is part of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scarborough, Ont., on Monday, September 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Must equal-opportunity French immersion in Toronto include long bus rides for small children?
Sanchayan Sivanathan, who does not want his 6 and 8 year old children identified, lives in a ward without French immersion and rather than bussing them he is having them tutoured at his home in Scarborough, Ont. on Sunday, December 5, 2021. (J.P. Moczulski/The Globe and Mail)
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Ontario school boards proactively prepare in case of switch to remote learning
A Toronto District School Board sign is shown in front of a high school in Toronto on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. Ontario will eliminate the practice of academic streaming for students entering high school across all courses next September. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Toronto District School Board grants temporary exemptions for nearly 300 unvaccinated staff
 A Toronto District School Board sign is shown in front of a high school in Toronto on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. TDSB staff who aren't yet vaccinated against COVID-19 have been given an extension to get their shots. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn