REGINA In-person learning at Regina schools is set to resume in less than two weeks, but with more than 900 active COVID-19 cases in the region, there are growing calls to vaccinate school staff before they return to class. The Regina Public, Catholic and Prairie Valley School Divisions have sent letters to the provincial government calling for school staff to be vaccinated before going back to the classroom on April 26. The vaccinations would give them an opportunity to feel safer an be there for our students, Vicky Bonnell, board chair for the Regina Catholic School Division, said. Students in the three divisions have been learning from home since the last week of March due to the increased spread of variants of concerns in the area.
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Beyond the partisan sniping, the crux behind the war of words raging over Alberta’s new draft kindergarten to Grade 6 curriculum can be boiled down between the teaching of knowledge or the teaching of skills.
The draft curriculum wants to focus on teaching a knowledge-rich curriculum, and the loud critics of the proposed new curriculum are proponents of a skill-based curriculum.
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I just got the book on Thursday and so have only read the first four chapters, but there are two classroom scenes that stand out and illustrate both approaches.
NDP urging province to prioritize teachers in vaccine plan By Josh Sigurdson
Apr 15, 2021 5:59 PM
The Saskatchewan NDP are calling on the government to do more to protect students and school staff as the end of the school year approaches.
NDP Education Critic Carla Beck says teachers around the province continue to push to be prioritized in the vaccine rollout.
“Prioritize vaccination for school staff, this is something a growing number of school boards have asked for,” said Beck. “They really hoped that the three weeks, with Easter, and two weeks after Easter, when they moved to level 4, that they would see a decrease in the variants of concern in their communities, unfortunately that hasn’t happened.”
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Beyond the partisan sniping, the crux behind the war of words raging over Alberta’s new draft kindergarten to Grade 6 curriculum can be boiled down between the teaching of knowledge or the teaching of skills.
The draft curriculum wants to focus on teaching a knowledge-rich curriculum, and the loud critics of the proposed new curriculum are proponents of a skill-based curriculum.
We apologize, but this video has failed to load.
Try refreshing your browser, or Corbella: Knowledge-based K-6 draft curriculum is best for our kids Back to video
I just got the book on Thursday and so have only read the first four chapters, but there are two classroom scenes that stand out and illustrate both approaches.