A new government report is calling for sweeping changes to the province’s education system. Entitled Raise the Bar: A Coherent and Responsible Education Administration System for Nova Scotia, the document was assembled over the last year by international education advisor Avis Glaze. Among its 22 recommendations is a proposal to eliminate all the province’s elected […]
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After a day of confusion, students are going back to school
After a Monday away from the classroom, Nova Scotian students are allowed to go back to school starting Tuesday. The decision was announced by Education minister Karen Casey on Monday afternoon during the second legislative meeting of the day. Premier Stephen McNeil had called for an emergency legislative assembly on Monday morning to quickly pass […]
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Hundreds of Nova Scotian students walk out in support of teachers
Students across Nova Scotia are walking the walk. On Friday, students from about 25 schools—including Dartmouth High School, Halifax West High School and Citadel High School—participated in a walk-out in support of their teachers’ labour battle against the Department of Education. According to a release from the Students for Teachers Facebook group, the goal of […]
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The invisible election for school board seats
[Image-1] The biggest turnover in the October 15 municipal vote happened at the nearly invisible level of local government—the Halifax Regional School Board. Elected school board members are so low-profile that mainstream Nova Scotia news outlets virtually ignore the races, even in Halifax, home to the largest school board in Atlantic Canada. Nine elected school […]
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Plenty of challenges await Halifax Regional School Board candidates
[Image-1] On October 15, residents in HRM will cast their votes for Halifax Regional School Board members during the municipal election. With a budget of over $400 million, the new board will have big decisions to make. Chief amongst them will be the fate of 21 schools within the Cole Harbour and Auburn families. That […]
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School board candidates talk diversity and inclusion in HRM schools
[Image-1] Nearly 22 years after the BLAC Report on Education detailed the systemic racism in the Nova Scotia school system, problems still persist for African Nova Scotian students. “Things have somewhat changed,” since the report was released, says the incumbent African Nova Scotian School Board Member candidate, Melinda Daye. “But for anyone to say that we’ve […]
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Getting the word out
Casey Kennedy began stuttering when he was seven. He knew right away what was happening—but no one else did. “I would cry myself to sleep,” he says. ”I remember saying to my mom, ‘I can’t talk. Why can’t I talk?’” Even as a child, Kennedy would instinctively use techniques like avoidance—not saying words he knew […]
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Class dismissed
Howard Windsor had just arrived home from his morning skate. There was a phone message. Please call Dennis Cochrane, the province’s deputy minister of education, it said. Windsor had an inkling what it might be about. Still, he didn’t immediately return the call. He went upstairs to change into his jogging clothes first. It was […]