Category Archives: Education

Crux: Is Equal Employment Commission contributing to U.S.downfall?

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Sandy

This morning, I read an interesting Washington Times article here at Jack’s Newswatch about how a recommendation by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was suggesting that when an employer expects a high school diploma, he or she may be discriminating against someone … Continue reading →

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Sandy: B.C. Supreme Court wrong on teachers’ working conditions being a “right”

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Sandy

From what I can remember, Canada’s teacher’s unions started using the motto — a teacher’s working conditions are a student’s learning conditions — back in 1997 after the Ontario teachers unions used it during their illegal strike. As a former … Continue reading →

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Sandy: Why Muslim school prayer issue opened a wound with public

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Sandy

The Muslim prayer in a Toronto public school has now become a Canada-wide issue. And, if Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak think they can avoid the discussion by fobbing it off as a “decision of … Continue reading →

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Sandy: Are Muslim prayers at Toronto school FB funding?

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Sandy

Is the fact that Muslim prayers are happening in a Ontario publicly funded school (Valley Park Middle School in the Toronto District School Board) each and every Friday afternoon, an example of faith-based funding? Well, the argument against Eden High School in … Continue reading →

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Grassroots “Save Our Schools” March on Washington in July

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Sandy

Education Week is reporting  that there will be nationwide “Save Our Schools” marches” next month from July 28th to 31st, 2011 — with the biggest march scheduled for Washington, D.C. Talk about a grassroots movement. Organized by classroom teachers, and not their … Continue reading →

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London (ON) Catholic Board gagging London Free Press?

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Sandy

On the weekend, I wrote about safety issues at St. Thomas Acquinas Catholic High School in London, Ontario. I wondered if certain student bullies were, in fact, being allowed to control the school since the London Free Press (LFP) was reporting that little was … Continue reading →

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