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Source: Irwin Block Montreal Gazette

MONTREAL – The parents of a former Roslyn School student have asked Quebec’s highest court to quash a $234,000 defamation lawsuit won by their son’s former teacher.

Earlier this month, Quebec Court Justice Danielle Richer ordered Kathryn Rosentein and Hagop Artinian to pay that amount for comments they made [...]

Le Journal de Montréal

QUÉBEC – Le ministère de l’Éducation ira de l’avant avec le nouveau bulletin unique dans les écoles du Québec, mais pas avant l’an prochain. La nouvelle ministre de l’Éducation, Line Beauchamp, en a fait l’annonce vendredi matin au cours d’un point de presse.

Prévu initialement pour la présente rentrée scolaire, [...]

Sébastien Ménard Journal de Montréal

À peine arrivée en poste, la nouvelle ministre de l’Éducation, Line Beauchamp, décidera d’ici «quelques jours» si les élèves québécois seront évalués à l’aide du nouveau bulletin «unique» et «plus clair» que les libéraux promettent depuis des mois.

Le Conseil supérieur de l’éducation a ajouté son grain de sel [...]

Advisory agency says draft regulation would weaken curriculum objectives

The Quebec Education Department’s controversial plan to introduce a uniform report card this fall and change how students are graded took a direct hit yesterday from its own advisory body.

In an unusually critical report to the government, the Conseil supérieur de l’éducation said [...]

Source: Elizabeth Landau, CNN STORY HIGHLIGHTS CDC: There are 5 million children who have received diagnosis of ADHD Doctors say it’s being overdiagnosed and children are being overmedicated Some are grateful to day care facilities, schools, for suggesting diagnosis

(CNN) — As a toddler, Ian Barrier got expelled from day care.

“They just [...]

Source: CNW

Mary Kanavaros Case – Montreal Teachers Association

MONTREAL, Aug. 3 /CNW Telbec/ – Teacher Mary Kanavaros won an important battle in Superior Court on Friday, July 30th, when the Honourable Justice Danielle Richer awarded her the sum of $234,011.87 in damages in a defamation case against parents who originally sued her [...]

It’s discrimination in either language

Gazette Editorial

“ It’s almost discriminatory,” said Steve Bletas, chairperson of Laval’s Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board, about the fact that homeowners affiliated with the town’s English-language board are being charged a higher school-tax rate than those affiliated with the local French-language board, the Commission scolaire de Laval. While [...]

Ariane Lacoursière La Presse

Même si elle considère que le ministère de l’Éducation a posé un geste «courageux» en décidant d’implanter un bulletin unique au Québec, la Commission scolaire de Montréal (CSDM) estime que plusieurs ajustements restent à faire avant que toutes les écoles de la province ne puissent l’appliquer

La présidente de [...]