MPPs grilled on school closings as parents from rural communities arrived at Queen's Park to protest ...
Category: Education and Training
Seen: Protecting Students Act passes third reading
Mitzie Hunter was the third education minister to work on the bill. ...
Horwath says Liberals’ ‘not-free’ tuition plan no cure for student debt
NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is also worried about the cap on the province's tuition fees expiring next year. ...
EQAO confirms cyberattack halted online literacy test
Education Minister Mitzie Hunter said the EQAO is undergoing an internal audit to determine the cost of the program and how much any potential repairs might be. ...
Poll: Two-thirds of Ontarians support interest-free student loans
A new Forum Research poll suggests 66 per cent of Ontarians would back interest-free student loans. ...
Leone: Want to grow an economy? Invest in higher education
Columnist Rob Leone observes how the province's universities are making a pitch for more direct funding to them, instead of just more help for students. ...
Ontario to tweak bargaining rules for teachers this fall
Education Minister Mitzie Hunter confirmed the possibility of extending the life of the current contracts beyond August 2017. ...
Seen: NDP want to remove interest from Ontario student loans
The Liberal government co-opted the NDP's previous proposal, which was to take the HST off hydro bills. ...
Happening: Ontario ombudsman probing Toronto’s school bus shortage
Ontario's ombudsman is taking a look at the busing problem that's left kids stranded and late for school. ...
Conservative MP Brad Trost wades in to Ontario’s sex-ed controversy
CPC leadership contender Brad Trost doesn't know where his friend Patrick Brown stands on sex-ed, and said Brown was shy about policy as an MP. ...