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Today, racism in mainstream schooling is an ongoing urgent problem as is school equity or inclusion for Black, Indigenous, low-income and disabled people. A photograph of Common School No. 2 in Belleville, Ont., around 1900. (Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County/Flickr) Project of national development Before he passed any major legislation, Ryerson’s first initiative in his tenure was a report that served as a basis for the Common Schools Act of 184...

How racism in Ontario schools today is connected to a history of segregation Students of School Section #13 with teacher, Verlyn Ladd, who taught at the school from 1939 to 1958. Class of 1951, Buxton, Raleigh Township, Ontario. (Buxton National Historic Site & Museum), photo provided by author. Toronto’s Africentric Alternative School first opened in 2009 after years of advocacy and then months of heated public debates and criticism about the meaning and significance of the school. The assum...

State Land Board OKs $1.6 million land sale for new Redmond readiness center SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ)– The State Land Board on Tuesday approved several property transactions, including the sale of 20 acres in Redmond to the Oregon Military Department for a new readiness center. The new center, which would replace an existing 65-year-old armory, would serve as both a training facility for the Oregon National Guard and an essential facility for supporting the community during emergencies. “When c...

Letters to the editor: On schools and funding Las Cruces Sun-News © Miranda Cyr/Sun-News Hybrid learning takes place at Park Avenue Elementary in Aztec Municipal School District on Sept. 23, 2020. Teachers split their attention by teachers students in-person and online simultaneously. These letters published in the Jan. 31, 2021 print edition of the Las Cruces Sun-News. Support increase to school fund Its heartbreaking to see how New Mexico cares for its children. We rank las...

Commentary: It’s heart-breaking to see how New Mexico cares for its children. We rank last in child well-being, and first for childhood trauma.  The fact that our state is poor, is in fact a poor excuse.  Children are our most precious resource, and we have both the ways and the means to improve their care.  One way involves the “essential workers,” who care for and teach the 62 percent of New Mexico’s children who live in households where both parents work.  In turn, the costs of ...

K. RAMBO Meeting by videoconference on Friday, the Oregon State University Board of Trustees approved construction of a new $70 million arts and education complex to be completed by summer term of 2023. The Legislature approved $35 million in state bonds for the project in August. The rest of the money is coming from donations, including a $25 million gift from an anonymous benefactor. After hearing a series of passionate critiques during the public comment section of the virtual me...

Holiday scratch-offs win bupkis for Illinois students Anyone betting those lottery tickets they gifted will help education would lose. In Illinois, gifting holiday scratch-off tickets should come with the feel-good side benefit of helping public school students, except Illinois’ pension crisis guarantees lottery money never makes it to classrooms.  When lawmakers were debating the Illinois Lottery in 1973, some of the public opposition was overcome by lawmakers promising “the state ...

A $121 million question remains to be resolved before Oregon State University can assume responsibility for the management of the Elliott State Forest. The State Land Board has signed off on OSU’s plan to manage the 80,000-plus acre forest in Coos and Douglas counties, but there was no mention of financing issues during the boards remote three-hour session on Dec. 8. When the state first began discussing the future of the Elliott, the Legislature appropriated $100 million to help offset th...

Ditching remote: Dozens of Amherst-area families make other school choices First grader Sebastian Sienkewicz of Pelham plays with twirlies with Learn at Morse Hill science teacher Rosa Whelpley during a period of free play for kindergartners and first and second graders at the outdoor school in Shutesbury on Dec. 3. STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING Second-grader Jasper Hoxie-Golding, left, and first-grader Sebastian Sienkewicz listen to Learn at Morse Hill Director Corinne Shaw read from Chapter 5 of ...

Oregon OKs OSU’s plan for Elliott Forest By Jim Day, Albany Democrat-Herald, Ore. Published: December 13, 2020, 2:00pm Share: Elliott State Forest CORVALLIS, Ore. — Oregon State University’s bid to manage the Elliott State Forest took a huge step forward Tuesday. The State Land Board, meeting remotely, approved the transfer of the massive forest property in southwest Oregon to OSU to manage as a research forest. The decision came at the end of a three-hour meeting th...