York Region District School Board calls for move to online learning, vaccination of teachers
by Lucas Casaletto
Last Updated Apr 7, 2021 at 12:33 pm EDT
All classrooms will have bottles of hand sanitizer available. Classrooms and COVID-19 signage at Ancaster High School, are photographed on Sept1 2020. Officials with the Hamilton Wentworth District School Board held a press conference to talk about safety measures the board is taking to ensure a safe environment for students and staff as the school year resumes next week. THE CANADIAN PRESS
The York Region District School Board (YRDSB) says its public health unit ought to consider closing schools and shifting to online learning with COVID-19 case counts surging daily.
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Officials at Ottawa’s largest school board say they hope to make changes as early as June to the pandemic high school schedule that many students and their parents say is causing academic overload and stress.
More than 1,900 people have signed a petition and 83 people signed an open letter to the board asking for changes to the quadmester scheduling and a return to full-time classes for secondary students as soon as possible at the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board.
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Students have the option of taking an electronic version of the Grade 10 standardized test this year, just to test the platform. (Sofia Rodriguez/CBC)
Teachers unions are calling on the province to get rid of Ontario s Grade 10 literacy test, which is set to be administered online as a pilot project this year.
The Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) tests are written in Grade 3, Grade 6, Grade 9 and Grade 10.
The Grade 10 version tests literacy and is a usually a requirement for graduation, but that has been waived this year, as it was last year.
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TORONTO Ontario high schools will have the option to offer classes teaching sign language as a second language starting in September, the province’s education minister announced Thursday.
The province will become the first to offer a curriculum for Langue des signes québécoise (LSQ) and one of the first to teach American Sign Language (ASL), Stephen Lecce told reporters.
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“To ensure accuracy of the languages and to include authentic ASL and LSQ perspectives, we consulted with the ASL and LSQ communities and stakeholders about the course content,” Lecce said, noting the two were distinct languages with their own grammar, syntax and cultural references.