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State of denial: Revisionist education in Texas

Oakland Ross March 21, 2010

A Republican rewrite of textbooks in the Lone Star State could change history for schoolkids across the United States.

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U.S. President Barack Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, right, visits with Grade 6  students at the Graham Road Elementary School in Falls Church, Virginia. (Jan. 19, 2010)

Obama's schools czar tops McGuinty guest list

Robert Benzie

Dalton McGuinty is convening a Toronto summit of U.S. President Barack Obama's schools czar and other international experts on education. Comment Count(1)

Emily Mathieu

The world's No. 2 soft drink maker, PepsiCo Inc., has pledged to pull high sugar soda from schools around the world by 2012. Comment Count(5)

San Grewal

At environmentally progressive St. Paul Secondary School in Mississauga, students are ahead of the curve with their motorized aluminum can crusher.

Greg Mercer

With three lawsuits filed against local schools and more expected, the Waterloo Catholic District School Board wants the province to stop parents from using small...

Kristin Rushowy

For years, several Toronto trustees have declared a conflict of interest when it comes to staffing matters because they have family members who work for the board.

Jesse McLean and Jennifer Yang

A routine science experiment gone wrong at a Mississauga high school sent five students to hospital and sparked an investigation.

Kristin Rushowy

It has gone from a full day to two-and-a-half hours, five speakers to three and now will cost less than half its original $345,000 budget.

Kristin Rushowy

Toronto trustees decide to hang on to 140 educational assistants saying they are too valuable to lose.

Louise Brown

The worst part about watching her 6-year-old daughter struggle to read was that Felisbela Festa could do nothing to help. A year after moving here from Portugal, the...

Brendan Kennedy

Although most of the audience had not been born when the first three movies in the Free Willy franchise were released, they seemed excited to see the latest...

Kristin Rushowy

Full-day kindergarten spots are being snapped up across Greater Toronto, with demand particularly high in a few communities, school boards report.

Kristin Rushowy

School boards across Greater Toronto say demand for full-day kindergarten is on track, with some areas hotter than others.

Kristin Rushowy

Saying the debate over naming a school after Tiger Jeet Singh has taken an unanticipated ugly turn, a Milton parent has apologized to the wrestler and left the...

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