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Why Black kids need Black teachers

Why Black kids need Black teachers

Olufunke Oba

How to help your kid keep their school jitters in check

How to help your kid keep their school jitters in check

Sadiya Dendar

This teacher's sweet funeral request will melt your heart

This teacher's sweet funeral request will melt your heart

Teachers are the best, aren't they?

Kevin John Siazon

There's finally a way to track racist incidents in Ontario schools

There's finally a way to track racist incidents in Ontario schools

When the boards ignored parent advocates for too long, they decided to create their own racism tracker, launching the School Racism Reporting Tool.

Kim Shiffman

I pulled my kid from e-learning and have zero regrets

I pulled my kid from e-learning and have zero regrets

I decided something had to give—it was either my sanity, my son's ability to see me as a loving parent, or e-learning. Obviously, e-learning had to go.

Monica Belyea

What parents should know about a possible Ontario teacher strike

What parents should know about a possible Ontario teacher strike

Ontario schools are bracing for labour disruption. Here's how to prep for a possible Ontario teacher and support worker strike or work to rule.

Louise Brown

5 teacher-approved apps to boost kindergarten skills

5 teacher-approved apps to boost kindergarten skills

Prepare your kindergartener for school with these unique apps that help strengthen everything from counting to concentration.

Erin Wilkey Oh, Common Sense Media

Why cursive handwriting needs to make a comeback in schools

Why cursive handwriting needs to make a comeback in schools

Kids who can print and write in cursive enjoy improved literacy outcomes. So why aren't schools still teaching cursive to kids?

Hetty Roessingh

How education cuts helped me teach my son to be an activist

How education cuts helped me teach my son to be an activist

The letter my son sent to the province to protest education cuts in Ontario is a sneak peek into his mind—and heart—that I hadn't seen before.

Louise Gleeson

What it's like being a male daycare teacher

What it's like being a male daycare teacher

“Many parents are clearly suspicious of my motives. And it hurts like hell.” A male daycare teacher reveals what he's experienced in his 20-year career.

Today's Parent

What exactly is happening to Ontario’s education system? What you need to know

What exactly is happening to Ontario’s education system? What you need to know

In response to Doug Ford's proposed education cuts, students and teachers are protesting. We break down the details of increased class sizes and more.

Rachel Chen, Chatelaine

What do you do if you think your kid's preschool teacher doesn’t like them?

What do you do if you think your kid's preschool teacher doesn’t like them?

If you’re worried that your child isn’t being treated with respect and kindness by their preschool or daycare teacher, here are steps to help the situation.

Julia Pelly

5 simple screen-time rules from a teacher who’s seen them work

5 simple screen-time rules from a teacher who’s seen them work

Take it from a middle-school teacher and mom: Kids need to manage their online activities—and parents need to help them do it.

Rebecca Young, Common Sense Media

We're totally jealous of this girl's epic handshake with her teacher

We're totally jealous of this girl's epic handshake with her teacher

How in the world do they remember it all?

Kevin John Siazon

This student invited her sixth-grade teacher to her Harvard grad for the best reason

This student invited her sixth-grade teacher to her Harvard grad for the best reason

Proof that a small gesture can have life-long impact.

Kevin John Siazon

People absolutely have to stop coddling and enabling their children

People absolutely have to stop coddling and enabling their children

You'd be fed up too if you had to deal with the things this teacher (and many other teachers in North America) encounter at work every day.

Kevin John Siazon

8 ways to piss off your kid's daycare teacher

8 ways to piss off your kid's daycare teacher

Turns out you may be unintentionally disrespecting the person who takes care of your kids all day. A daycare teacher offers the inside scoop.

Today's Parent

Teachers respond to Trump: We don't want guns, arm us with this instead

Teachers respond to Trump: We don't want guns, arm us with this instead

President Trump has proposed training teachers to use firearms to defend their students. But teachers say they really need to be armed with this instead.

Kevin John Siazon