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By Jim Wilson Special to The Suburban It is believed that the best armies are led by officers who put the needs of their men first. Contrast that with the style of the education system. In a matter of days, the teachers’ contract expires and just how are the “officers” handling the negotiations? Everybody [...] Source: The Record.Com By Greg Mercer, Record staff WATERLOO REGION — With three lawsuits filed against local schools, and more expected, the Waterloo Catholic District School Board wants the province to stop parents from using Small Claims Court as a cheap way to take their kids’ schools to court. Since a Kitchener mother [...] JUST AS QUEBEC’S controversial new curriculum has finally been fully implemented, it’s going back into the shop. Is it a regular tune-up, a more serious overhaul or a prelude to the scrapyard? “We’re rushing into something without studying the issue.” MIKE DAWSON, ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS GENERAL OF ENGLISH SCHOOL BOARDS It has been a [...] Source: Montreal Gazette March 13, 2010 Tell us what he learned Taxpayers spent $142,000 on a babysitter for the squabbling English Montreal School Board. Now that “observer” to the board, lawyer Tommaso Nanci, is finished his work, but Education Minister Michelle Courchesne seems to have suspended her promise to be “transparent” about what he [...] Lawyer was hired; Looked into infighting at English board Source: Montreal Gazette Brenda Branswell It had cost taxpayers $142,200 as of last month for the services of a lawyer hired to help solve the political infighting at the English Montreal School Board. What, if anything, he has recommended to the Quebec government remains a [...] Source: The Associated Press District is seeking to erase a projected $50 million budget shortfall KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Kansas City school board narrowly approved a plan Wednesday night to close nearly half the district’s schools in a desperate bid to avoid a potential bankruptcy. The board voted 5-4 after parents and community [...] Sources: Rue Frontenac Charles Poulin Plus de 500 enseignants et membres du personnel de soutien qui travaillent à la commission scolaire des Patriotes, ont manifesté, mardi soir, lors de la réunion du conseil des commissaires pour plaider un retour aux congés discrétionnaires sans traitement. Le syndicat de l’enseignement de Champlain, qui représente quelque 4 000 [...] Source: STEVEN GREENHOUSE and SAM DILLON The New York Times A Rhode Island school board’s decision to fire the entire faculty of a poorly performing school, and President Obama’s endorsement of the action, has stirred a storm of reaction nationwide, with teachers condemning it as an insult and conservatives hailing it as a watershed [...] Source: Sébastien Ménard Journal de Montréal Un «psychologue industriel» à 100$ de l’heure, un week-end toutes dépenses payées dans un centre de villégiature et un party de Noël dans un club de golf… © Archives Un «psychologue industriel» à 100$ de l’heure, un week-end toutes dépenses payées dans un centre de villégiature et un [...] Source: Sébastien Ménard Journal de Montréal La Commission scolaire de Montréal (CSDM) a beau être la plus importante de la province, elle n’a pas dépensé un sou, l’an dernier, pour la tenue d’un lac-à- l’épaule de ses commissaires ni pour leur party de Noël. Dans une lettre transmise au Journal, la secrétaire générale [...] |
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