Tag: education
Students should be allowed to have backpacks in classrooms
Catholic schools in Durham have banned backpacks. The reason? Backpacks clutter classrooms and are a tripping hazard.
In October, students at Notre Dame Catholic Secondary...
School closures hurting Ontario
Parents in Durham Region are concerned about what the closure of small rural schools will mean for their children.
In December, the Durham District School...
The politics of self-awareness
In two years, Celina Caesar-Chavannes has gone from running her own business, to a household name for many Whitby and Canadian residents. Caesar-Chavannes is...
Knowledge based on memory: Testing in education
“If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail,”
psychologist Abraham Maslow once said. The...