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Officials at Ottawa’s largest school board say they hope to make changes as early as June to the pandemic high school schedule that many students and their parents say is causing academic overload and stress.
More than 1,900 people have signed a petition and 83 people signed an open letter to the board asking for changes to the quadmester scheduling and a return to full-time classes for secondary students as soon as possible at the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board.
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TORONTO Ontario high schools will have the option to offer classes teaching sign language as a second language starting in September, the province’s education minister announced Thursday.
The province will become the first to offer a curriculum for Langue des signes québécoise (LSQ) and one of the first to teach American Sign Language (ASL), Stephen Lecce told reporters.
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“To ensure accuracy of the languages and to include authentic ASL and LSQ perspectives, we consulted with the ASL and LSQ communities and stakeholders about the course content,” Lecce said, noting the two were distinct languages with their own grammar, syntax and cultural references.
So far, Ontario is the only province to delay its spring holiday for students. What do kids think? David Yanez, a 12-year-old from Oakville, Ontario, has been waiting eagerly for March Break because he’s enrolled in an online acting camp that he’s super excited about. David Yanez, 12, says he doesn’t mind waiting for a break. (Image submitted by Javier Yanez) When he heard the news, he was disappointed at first but that feeling didn’t last. “I was kind of sad at first, but I still know it’s going to happen, so I’m excited.” David said his acting camp has been rescheduled and he hasn’t felt overwhelmed by school work, so waiting for a break isn’t the end of the world.
Disrupted schooling, learning loss will have effects long after pandemic, say education experts
From switching between remote and in-person learning to juggling class quarantines due to school-related cases, students continue to grapple with a tumultuous education experience amid COVID-19. Education experts say disrupted schooling and learning loss will persist long after the pandemic wanes.
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