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Kristin Rushowy

Kristin Rushowy

Queen's Park Bureau Reporter at Toronto Star Online

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Early childhood educators to get pay boost from Ontario government - Toronto Star

The announcement, made by Education Minister Stephen Lecce, means a boost to wages for ECEs working within the new federal-provincial child-care system.
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Ford government should let colleges and universities raise tuition ...

Report says Ontario should let colleges and universities raise fees by five per cent next year, with future increases of at least two per cent.
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Doug Ford’s education minister says teachers will be held accountab...

Educators need to take caution when it comes to commenting on the Israel-Hamas conflict because there is “zero tolerance” for hate and they will be held accountable, says Education Minister Stephen Lecce.
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Ontario high schools need more support for destreaming, principals ...

People for Education survey finds smaller classes, more staff among resources leaders asking for
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‘Vile, disturbing trends’ led Ford government to mandate more Holoc...

Grade 6 students have this year started learning about the Holocaust. For Grade 10 students, additional lessons in the mandatory history course will be introduced in the fall of 2025.
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Ontario’s elementary education workers will seek wage catch-up thro...

Education workers represented by the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario will join the secondary teachers’ union in seeking binding arbitration to sort out how to make up lost pay under the Ford government’s wage-capping legislation.
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Child-care costs are still high in Toronto — even as they've droppe...

The survey on fees across the country found the move to $10 a daycare has so far been a “big success in the sense that the federal government said to the provinces ‘you have to reduce fees in one year by half’ and by and large, they mostly did.”

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NDP Leader Marit Stiles facing calls to quit over Sarah Jama - Toro...

With growing concern among New Democrats that Jama was punished for voicing concerns about the plight of Palestinians in the Hamas-Israel war and the need for a ceasefire, Stiles moved to clarify the situation.
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Ontario elementary school education workers vote in favour of 4-yea...

Education workers represented by the country’s largest teachers’ union have ratified a four-year deal reached with the province and school boards.
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Ontario’s Catholic teachers give union strong strike mandate - Toro...

Ontario’s Catholic teachers have given their union a strong strike mandate, with 97 per cent voting in favour of job action.
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Ontario’s elementary teachers give union a strike mandate - Toronto...

The in-person vote began Sept. 18 and wrapped up late Tuesday night.