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There were 55 votes in favor of the Back to School Act, and 69 votes against. While the 39 Democratic members mostly voted against Senate Bill 235, Republicans were split. At least 25 of the 86 GOP members voted no. The bills failure came as a surprise to many, as the act was personally being backed by Senate President Ty Masterson, R-Andover. Only one Republican had voted against his bill in the Kansas Senate. Masterson and proponents had called the Back to School Act as necessary and import...

Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector photo by: Screen capture/Kansas Reflector The Senate Education Committee plans a hearing this week at the Capitol on a Senate bill forcing public K-12 districts to return to in-person teaching by March 26 and to never conduct online-only instruction in the future despite health emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic. TOPEKA — Two influential K-12 education organizations in Kansas perked up when the Senate’s education committee agreed to dive into a bill mand...

  VANCOUVER -- A Chilliwack resident has filed a lawsuit seeking to have controversial school trustee Barry Neufeld removed from his role – and to disqualify him from returning in the future. According to Peter Langs petition in B.C. Supreme Court, Neufeld knowingly violated conflict of interest rules during a closed school board meeting last October. Trustees were discussing a human rights complaint prompted by some of Neufelds past comments criticizing B.C.s Sexual Orientation and Gend...

Posted: Feb 19, 2021 7:30 PM PT | Last Updated: February 20 School trustee Barry Neufeld is facing legal action for his comments in a school board meeting where he talked about personal financial matters in relation to a board decision. (Chilliwack School Board) comments Chilliwack school board trustee Barry Neufeld is under the microscope again, this time in court.  A petition was filed in BC Supreme Court on Friday, arguing that Neufeld had broken conflict of interest rules for elected offi...

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...

Seven public consultation meetings have been held, numerous impassioned speeches have been given and plans presented to keep local schools open. But what chance do they have of reversing the board’s decision to close 11 district schools by the fall? The outlook isn’t good. The school board needs to overcome a $9.2 million deficit for the 2002/2003 school year budget. They’re hoping $2.3 million of that comes from closing schools. The recent decision to take Springwood Elementary off the...

As D.C. officials contend with safely reopening schools next month, the city council is now operating without a dedicated education committee. The D.C. Council’s five-member Committee on Education was disbanded last month and consolidated into the Council’s broader Committee of the Whole — a shuffle that followed former education committee chair David Grosso’s decision to not seek re-election. While local pundits surmise Council Chair Phil Mendelson’s long-standing rule that new Counc...

Vancouver high schoolers suffering from too few instructional hours during pandemic, parents say The Vancouver School Board is getting a failing grade from some parents who say their children arent getting enough class time in high school. This perceived instructional deficit has them worried about their kids academic prospects in the future and their mental health today. Social Sharing

For B.C. school trustees, the view to the east reveals a stormy winter of discontent about the current state of affairs between provincial governments and boards of school trustees. School boards. . .

  VANCOUVER -- B.C.’s new minister of education is ordering a review of the Chilliwack school board to make sure its trustees are respecting the human rights of students in the district. Jennifer Whiteside announced Tuesday she’s ordered the review to evaluate the board’s “commitment to a school system that is safe, inclusive and welcoming to all students and staff.” "The well-being of students and staff in our education system is my highest priority and must be the highest prior...