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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 1846. It illuminates the philosophy behind Ryerson’s vision. Ryerson set up the project of schooling ...

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 assumption here was that Ontario always had equitable and open schools. Many argued that separate institu...

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 constructed, this new readiness center will be a resilient facility that is more capable of surviving...

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 last in child well-being, and first for childhood trauma. The fact that our state is poor, is in fact a...

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 caring for these children eats up a third of the working family’s income.  Yet, child care worker...