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The Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation (STF) is expressing frustration with the provincial government’s recent announcement of a $40-million bump in funding for school divisions across the province, saying the new money isn’t enough to meet the needs of schools wrestling with high inflation and rising enrolments.
“(The) announcement seems to be missing a zero,” STF president Samantha Becotte said, referring to 2022 data from the Fraser Institute that indicates the province needs $400 million to restore per-student funding to 2012-13 levels. “It also comes with just a few short weeks left in the school year, while school divisions are finalizing their budgets.”
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‘Devastated’: Woman banned from grad ceremony at school named after her dad
Author of the article:Heather Rivers
Published Jun 22, 2023 • Last updated 5 hours ago • 3 minute read
Janine Davison, with a sign. attends a special Thames Valley District school board meeting on July 12, 2022, about the possible closing of B. Davison secondary school, named after her late father Basil Davison. (Mike Hensen/The London Free Press)
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Read MoreAmerican Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten was appointed Monday to a new Department of Homeland Security school safety advisory council tasked with making recommendations on “emergency management,” “preparedness measures,” and “safety and security” in schools.
Weingarten rose to prominence during the Covid pandemic as one of the chief advocates of school closures. The AFT, the nation’s second-largest largest teachers’ union, pushed the CDC to delay opening schools well after most other developed nations has returned children to the classroom, emails obtained by Americans for Public Trust revealed.
In the fall of 2020, Weingarten denounced calls to reopen schools as “reckless, callous, cruel.” An AFT affiliate in Chicago similarly condemned then-Mayor Lori Lightfoot in 2022, who called her efforts to reopen school “rooted in sexism, racism, and misogyny.”
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Read MoreGP records show a sharp rise in teenage girls in the UK developing eating disorders and self-harming during the Covid pandemic, a study has found.
The increases were greatest among girls living in the wealthiest areas, which could be due to better GP access.
Young women have told the BBC that the lack of control over their lives during lockdown was a behavioural trigger.
The government says it is investing in eating disorders services to help more children and young people.
Charities maintain everyone needs access to early support for mental health issues, no matter where they live.
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Read MoreToronto-area students protested outside a high school that reportedly suspended students for stating there are only two genders.
On June 19, students from Stephen Lewis Secondary School in Thornhill, Ontario, and some parents gathered outside the building to protest LGBT agenda being promoted in the classroom. The demonstration was part of a growing resistance in schools across the province.
“God bless the Toronto public school students who protested the transgender insanity and sexual grooming with which they’re being targeted,” Campaign Life Coalition’s Jack Fonseca told LifeSiteNews.
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Read MoreA viral video circulated social media this week, showing students, this time in Washington, receiving disciplinary action from a teacher for expressing their belief in the existence of only two genders.
The students, who attend Klahowya Secondary School in Silverdale, were escorted to the principal’s office by a teacher who reprimanded them for spreading what was deemed as ‘hate speech’ and promoting ‘exclusion’ due to their choice of shirts displaying the phrase “There are only two genders.”
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Read MoreSaskatchewan’s Education Minister Dustin Duncan has suspended Planned Parenthood from presenting in schools across the province after controversy surrounding sexually explicit materials presented to a grade 9 class at Lumsden High School (LHS) on Monday.
Duncan told the media there would be a thorough evaluation of school materials and an assessment of how parents are informed about their children’s classroom education.
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Read MoreThis is our last episode of season 3, and we are pulling out all the stops. If you are a parent trying to figure out how to raise your kids in the age of social media and nonstop technology access, this episode is a great place to start. Heather sits down with the award-winning author Mandy Majors to discuss three practical ideas for how to navigate the toils and snares of this digital age. Today’s episode concludes our “3 Things That Could Change Your Life” series.
If you’re jumping into our “3 Things” pod-class series for the first time with this episode, we encourage you to also catch part 1 with pastor and author Mark Batterson and part 2 with humorist and speaking coach Mary R. Snyder.
In today’s episode Heather also chats with our favorite social media expert, Brady Shearer. Heather and Brady discuss why Facebook Reels may be the best-kept secret for reaching your audience and community.
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Read MoreThe editor of a new book examining Canadian history says he wants to challenge the notion that Canada is a “genocidal” nation-state that deserves to have its historical figures cancelled.
“Why are we picking on people long dead, as opposed to trying to give them fair treatment or fair understanding and put things into context?” said Mark Milke, editor of “The 1867 Project—Why Canada Should Be Cherished, Not Cancelled.”
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Read MoreParliament must mandate disclosure of universities’ dealings with Huawei Technologies and other Chinese partners, the Commons science committee was told yesterday. “We need to stop these terrible deals,” testified one witness. “End them now.”
“We need to know who is working with Canadian research institutions and how much they have been benefiting,” said James Hinton, associate professor at Western University and senior fellow with the Centre for International Governance Innovation of Waterloo, Ont. “We really don’t know.”
Hinton listed universities that dealt with Huawei prior to a federal ban on use of the company’s equipment. “I am naming these names so there is no longer a veil of secrecy in these deals,” said Hinton. “This is just the tip of the iceberg.”
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