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Ontario students face long waits for mental health help, warns new report

Louise Brown May 16, 2012

Ontario students with mental and emotional troubles wait an average of seven days to see a campus counselor - and some wait months, warns a new report that calls for more front-line help.

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TDSB cuts: Report recommends cutting staff, closing school cafeterias

Louise Brown May 14, 2012

Healthy-food mandate may have made declining revenues worse at a time when the Toronto board must cut spending.

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Principals seek a broader definition of bullying

Louise Brown and Kristin Rushowy May 14, 2012

An Ontario bill naming only ‘aggressive’ acts will miss subtle but devastating forms of bullying, school leaders say.

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Breakfast boosts students’ grades and graduation rates, Toronto study finds

Kristin Rushowy May 11, 2012

Eating breakfast sharply boosted grades, graduation and led to fewer absences and suspensions, finds a wide-ranging Toronto District School Board... Comment Count(18)

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Dr. Deepa Grewal, with daughter Ria, 2, says the province needs to do more to help parents choose safe, high-quality child care.

Parents scramble to find safe, quality child care

Laurie Monsebraaten September 9, 2011

Ontario parents say they feel ill-equipped to choose good daycare after toddlers escape a Markham child-care centre last month.

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Rob Ferguson August 31, 2011

More time spent student teaching in the classroom is the best way to turn out better teachers, experts say

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Tanya Talaga August 25, 2011

All childcare centres across Ontario must post serious occurrences starting Nov. 1

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Schools

Cassandra Beals, Shanique Pierre and Harleen Rehill, students at Emery Collegiate Institute, pack snacks like bagels, cheese strings, apples and juice to be delivered to classrooms as part of Toronto's breakfast program.

Breakfast boosts students’ grades and graduation rates, Toronto study finds

Kristin Rushowy May 11, 2012

Eating breakfast sharply boosted grades, graduation and led to fewer absences and suspensions, finds a wide-ranging Toronto District School Board study. It... Comment Count(18)

Kristin Rushowy May 7, 2012

Special education wait lists are down — but that's in part because students can't get on them in the first place, startling People for Education report... Comment Count(41)

Vinay Menon April 27, 2012

The first overnight school trip is an important rite of passage for kids. Here’s how nervous parents can prepare themselves and their kids

Post-Secondary

Teacher Brendan Maxwell says  doubling teachers college to two years would bring more respect to teaching as a profession.

Liberals vow to increase teachers college to two years

Rob Ferguson August 31, 2011

Would-be teachers will have to spend two years in teachers college if Dalton McGuinty's Liberals win the Oct. 6 election.

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Leslie Ferenc August 31, 2011

A record number of students — about 2,000 more than in the double cohort year — will be entering Ontario universities this fall.

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Alexandra Posadzki August 29, 2011

Many thousands of scholarship dollars lie unclaimed every year. Here’s where to look for them

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