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Cops in schools: why Peel should follow Toronto and end program
Peel police spend $9 million a year on its school resource officer (SRO) program, which puts armed police in schools, but community activists argue the program should end and the money better spent on mental health initiatives more
Cheol Joon Baek
The race divide in Toronto schools
The latest TDSB report on equity highlights the cycle of systemic problems that have plagued education bureaucracies for decades more
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Toronto school board votes to end cops in schools program, so what’s next?
Five community organizers offer insight on how Canada’s largest school board should address safety and inclusion for its most marginalized students more
Chris Rattan
Toronto school board rep says cops in schools “a disaster”
Rexdale consultation into School Resource Officer Program hears of increases in arrests of students and newcomers being turned over to immigration officials more
The coming storm over anti-Black racism in education
For Black students to succeed, the entire school system may have to be brought to a grinding halt and redesigned from the bottom up more
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Toronto public art schools need to check their white privilege
If you’re a Black student within the TDSB, you have limited access to arts education and you’re twice as likely to be expelled more
Watch live: Kids in Tech teaches coding to elementary school students
This week's class at Nelson Mandela Park Public School explores the topics of perspective and digital drawing.Watch the live stream at 9 am on February 10 more
Sonali Menezes
Black hair discrimination prompts protest
Black Lives Matter Toronto is organizing a rally in response to a student who was told her Afro was unacceptable more
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"I shouldn’t have to fear for my safety in the workplace"
At a school facing backlash against the new sex-ed curriculum, a trans office worker says a parent told her she was "not a person." more
