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Sports hijab aims to be game-changer

Elham Seyed Javad has designed a sports hijab as the question of "reasonable accommodation" on the integration of immigrants into society is...

Private schools say their kids get flu-shot 'priority'

First there were professional athletes. Then hospital boards. Now students at some private schools have received preferential access to flu shots.

Sweet kids can turn violent, study claims

LONDON–Children who eat candy and chocolate every day are more likely to be arrested for violent behaviour as adults, according to new research published in the British Journal of Psychiatry.

Bad girls make for good courses

Universities give classes offbeat names to get and hold the attention of Net-savvy students.

Teachers share report card frustration

Those report cards will contain comments about how little Johnny or Janey is doing, written in a language that bears only the merest resemblance to English.

No more pencils, lots more fun

The children in this Grade 2/3 class do not take a spelling test all year – in fact, the school avoids all pencil-and-paper tests – nor do they get assigned homework. Instead, their teacher gives them immediate feedback on their work throughout the day;

Internet teens failing math

Math profs across the province blame a four-year high school program that leaves little time for mastering basics, and a culture unwilling to push young people to drill in necessary academic skills.

Students sue George Brown for $10M

Two days after the provincial ombudsman lambasted the government for failing to protect college students, another group of students has alleged their...

Teenagers lacking education on the financial facts of life

by Ellen Roseman

Today's teens know all about the facts of life, except when it comes to managing money.

Full-day learning a go in 2010

At Bruce Junior Public School, teachers and daycare workers partner in the classroom. The school was to close in 2002.