Education

Since 1995, the York Region District School Board has partnered with Thornhill’s Giant Steps, a school and therapy centre. Now the board says the agreement is ending — and families worry kids will lose vital supports.

COVID-19 readiness plans. Quarantine. Delayed permits. International students who planned to attend college or university in this province are facing obstacles on their path back to the classroom.

In a present-day world undergoing significant social change, the province’s teachers are finding new ways to engage students about the past.

Some Ontario universities managed to do in one weekend what might otherwise have taken a decade to accomplish — going almost entirely virtual.

Starting next week, teachers will be hired according to merit rather than seniority. Not all support the move — or when and how it was made

With full tuition for online university courses still in place despite the pandemic, and employers looking for skills-based training, some say more and more students could forgo the university route.

In-person school can be risky — if it’s even an option full-time. But virtual studies often aren’t accessible. That leaves Ontario families struggling to make sure their kids will get an education during COVID-19.

OPINION: A digital-media “case study” chronicles the creation, implementation, and destruction of the Liberal promise of free tuition in Ontario. What lessons does it have for COVID-19?

Public-health measures are changing how classrooms function — and creating new challenges for kids who are deaf and hard of hearing.

TVO.org speaks with three teachers about the province’s reopening plan, their concerns about the upcoming term — and how they’ll be trying to keep their kids safe.

OPINION: Learning pods hold the promise of safer schooling during a pandemic. But the larger move toward education privatization undermines democratic commitments to equity, equality, and inclusion.