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School boards across the Greater Toronto Area are dealing with higher teacher absences driven by the dominant Omicron variant and some boards are struggling to fill those positions.

Ontario is facing a shortage of teachers as many retire or leave the profession. But for many new teachers, it's taking much longer to get certified, forcing them to take casual positions with no guarantee of benefits and much less pay.

The Ontario government is investing $11 million to help reconstruct York Memorial Collegiate Institute, a heritage building destroyed by fire three years ago, Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced Monday.

Theres nothing standard about Ontarios provincewide high school math test this year.

Theres nothing standard about Ontarios provincewide high school math test this year. Some school boards are asking the provinces permission to cancel the Education Quality and Accountability Offices Grade 9 Math Assessment, while others are acting without seeking the governments blessing.

Ontarios new system of reporting school absences "doesnt tell the full story" of COVID-19 in the provinces classrooms, according to one school board, because the data doesnt provide contextual information.

Classrooms across Canada are looking different than they did just one month ago, as educators grapple with a tidal wave of Omicron variant COVID-19 cases and severe winter weather blasting various regions. Educators in different provinces share snapshots of what's going on in their communities. 

Toronto’s waterfront is set to welcome Ontario’s first elementary school built inside of a condo building.

Toronto’s two biggest schools board will reopen for in-person learning tomorrow following a massive winter storm that kept its buildings shuttered for an additional two days.

TDSB spokesperson Ryan Bird joined The Morning Zoom to talk to us about just how prepared schools...