The homework assignment (shown below) asks students to write down the name of the current US President on a fill-in quiz sheet. Joe Biden is listed as one of the options at the bottom of the page but the name of Donald Trump, our current US President, is missing.
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board should promote the hiring of teachers who are from diverse backgrounds, says a draft policy under consideration by trustees.
The document sets out general principles to be considered when hiring, including “promoting the hiring of staff from under-represented groups and staff with demonstrated experience, including lived experience, working with Indigenous people or equity seeking groups.”
The first report cards of the school year are arriving with many more Fs than usual in a dismal sign of the struggles students are experiencing with distance learning.
School districts from coast to coast have reported the number of students failing classes has risen by as many as two or three times — with English language learners and disabled and disadvantaged students suffering the most.
In dramatic, urgent language, K-12 schools across the country – both public and private – professed solidarity with Black Lives Matter and vowed to dismantle white supremacy, as they scrambled to introduce anti-racist courses and remake themselves into racism-free zones.
As parents and educators nationwide struggle with how to make education work in a pandemic environment, Indigenous students, particularly in northern remote parts of the country, have headed back to the land. As Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers take the lead, there is an opportunity to work with Indigenous communities, education authorities, industry and post-secondary institutions in reshaping the classroom of the future.
