Teacher posts “If You Like to Fu*k” gay sex poster in grade 7 classroom
A public school teacher has been ordered to work from home after posting explicit sex-education brochures in his Grade 7 and 8 classroom.
Toronto District School Board (TDSB) officials ...
Bitter high school senior is right, but for the wrong reasons
“What could I have done differently over the past years?”, Suzy Lee Weiss asks. “For starters, had I known two years ago what I know now, I would have gladly worn ...
College journalism banner: “Our reporting should reflect the diversity of our audience”
Full disclosure: I didn’t go to journalism school.
When the time came to declare a major, I opted for political science. That’s not to say I’m without credibility ...
Infographic: Rising college tuition
With spring approaching, high school students are already looking into college plans. That means that parents are staring at the bank account–often with a sense of uncertainty ...
Infographic: Is post-secondary education worth it?
Stories about students with post-secondary degrees working in restaurants and retail are all too common. Human resources experts admit that while a Bachelors degree would make an applicant ...
Infographic: Why most college grads end up living at home
With the election upon us, it’s hard to turn on the television without hearing explicit references to jobs, and the need for more of them. There was a time not too long ago where ...
Hukd on Fonix werkd for da Prez
Can you spot the error in this White House blog headline? Perhaps instead of picking on America’s fat kids, Michelle Obama could tackle the education crisis amongst their own ...
Review of “Bully”
If you’d never been a kid, or never been the parent of a child attending school, you’d probably be excused for thinking that bullying has suddenly exploded in the classrooms, hallways ...
Remembering to Remember: Reflections on the Holocaust
In July, I had the honor of traveling to Israel with some of Canada’s brightest journalists to attend a conference hosted by Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust museum and education ...
Beyond 180: An interview with Ray Comfort
In a little over three weeks, a controversial 30-minute YouTube video has gone viral, garnering over 1,000,000 views. The video is very simple: one man interviewing several young college-age ...
