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Election explainer: How does education funding work in Ontario?

20/09/2022Oktavina

This primer explains how education funding in Ontaro works.

From staffing and class sizes, to new school construction and and mental health supports, funding is at the heart of many hot button education issues in Ontario.

But how does it work? Is it the Ministry of Education that makes funding decisions, or local school board trustees? How is money allocated to school boards?

With the Oct. 24 municipal election on the horizon and voters across Ontario set to elect school board trustees, what better time to brush up on the basics of education funding?

How much money are we talking about?

The province is spending $26.6 billion on education

COVID-19 harmed literacy development of younger NB students: minister

19/09/2022Oktavina

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick’s Department of Education says mental wellness remains a concern as students return to class after two years of disruptions due to the pandemic.

The 2021-22 provincial assessment results released today show about 30 per cent of students from Grade 6 to 12 felt lonely most or all of the time, while nearly 50 per cent reported spending three or more hours a day on social media.

It says about

NB education minister to keep close eye on COVID-19

07/09/2022Oktavina

New Brunswick Education Minister Dominic Cardy answered some outstanding questions on the upcoming school year Wednesday, promising that if public health advises COVID-19 measures be reinstated, he will not hesitate.

That includes mandatory masking.

Right now, Cardy says he’s encouraging students and staff to do whatever they’re comfortable with.

“We’re still in COVID, we know that COVID is airborne, we know that COVID is going to continue to present stresses,” he said.

Cardy also said he’d like to see more children get the COVID-19 vaccine, now offered to children six months and older.

Two years ago, Cardy presented a bill

Abduction, murder of Eliza Fletcher leaves University of Memphis students shocked

07/09/2022Oktavina

The education community was left stunned by the kidnapping and murder of Eliza Fletcher, a Memphis teacher who was abducted during an early-morning jog near the University of Memphis (UofM).

Some UofM students expressed shock that the incident happened so close to where they travel to class daily. Many students asked to remain anonymous. “It is frightening and discouraging that it can happen so close to here.”

RELATED: New details surrounding the death of Eliza Fletcher released

After an intense 3-day search for the missing jogger, Memphis Police confirmed Tuesday morning that the body found in the 1600 block of

Alberta advanced education minister extends deadline for Athabasca University to move staff to town

05/09/2022Oktavina

Alberta’s advanced education minister has extended a deadline for a distance learning university to move more staff to the small town where it is headquartered.

Demetrios Nicolaides says he’s granted a brief extension for Athabasca University to comply with his decree to move 500 staff to the town the institution is named for.

READ MORE: Advanced education minister says Alberta will help with relocation of 500 Athabasca University school staff

He has threatened to withhold the school’s $3.4-million monthly grant if the school fails to comply.

Nicolaides did not specify a new deadline.

The university has resisted the demand, saying

Schooling Sec. Cardona slams lack of ‘respect’ for lecturers who ‘bent over backwards’ throughout the pandemic

24/08/2022Oktavina

Schooling Secretary Miguel Cardona argued Sunday that the nationwide instructor scarcity is the symptom of an general lack of respect for public college lecturers that began throughout the COVID-19 lockdowns.

“Let’s face it, this instructor scarcity is a symptom of one thing that is been happening for longer than the pandemic and that is a instructor respect concern,” he mentioned on CBS Information’ “Face the Nation.” “Until we’re critical about offering aggressive salaries for our educators, higher working circumstances in order that they’ll proceed to develop.”

“Is it actually nearly salaries?” CBS Information host Margaret Brennan requested Cardona.

“It is

Modern RPM Developments that can revolutionize Care Supply

23/08/2022Oktavina

The effectivity and effectiveness of Distant Physiological Monitoring (RPM) has allowed it to emerge as a well-liked apply within the healthcare business. RPM has enormously elevated the accessibility of healthcare, particularly for power care sufferers. It has additionally allowed care suppliers to extend their income by means of the CPT reimbursement codes. The business shift in the direction of a patient-centric, Worth-Primarily based Mannequin has allowed for sustained progress for RPM gadgets out there. The present improvements in RPM gadgets have the chance to reshape the general Affected person expertise.

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How COVID-19 is accelerating RPM progress

The COVID-19 Pandemic has

Masks to stay optionally available in Ontario school rooms subsequent yr, Ministry of Schooling says

18/08/2022Oktavina

Facemasks will stay optionally available in Ontario colleges when college students return to the classroom this fall, the Ministry of Schooling says.

In a press release, a spokesperson for Minister of Schooling Stephen Lecce mentioned he was following “the knowledgeable recommendation of Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Well being.”

The province lifted Ontario’s masks mandate in colleges on March 21, permitting college students to determine whether or not they wished to put on a masks indoors. The transfer got here as a part of a broader easing of measures, significantly masks necessities, through the spring.

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