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calendar_today05-03-2013 15:15:49

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Cue the distractions from the massive education cuts buried in yesterday's education budget release.
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Dennis Wright has just proven that everyone is capable of being correct once in a while. However, when he says that Safe Schools Incident Report data is unreliable, it's because staff underreport!

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So Kaplan has awarded ed workers the same $1 per hour raise that agreed to a year and a half ago. This is extremely disappointing and will do nothing to recruit or retain support staff.

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Board staff push back on trustees' request for school safety data, saying it's a big ask!
For god sake, just give them the information. What do you have to hide? We all know school violence is spiraling out of control!

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N.W.T. teachers, gov't sign deal for salary increase after nearly a year of bargaining. They will receive 12% over three years.
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Toll taken on teachers in Saskatchewan is becoming too much. A Saskatoon teacher wants Saskatchewan people to consider the future for her profession if the issues in education are not addressed.
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Violence has become such a massive issue that educators are fleeing public education. There isn't a day that goes by where schools aren't understaffed. It's a problem that's not going away unless structural change occurs.

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Holy hell, . Please explain how your administrators are trying to dissuade staff from submitting safe school reports when the law mandates that they be completed every single time an incident occurs? My gut tells me this is everywhere in and .

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Due to ongoing staff shortages, the has been forced to reassign music teachers to fill empty classroom positions. Until working conditions dramatically improve, staffing g shortages will only worsen.
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Hey , I was looking at your recent job posting for the position of administrator, and I noticed that you forgot one requirement: bell end. Seriously, whatever happened to collaboration, morality, and decency?

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is set to ax Early French Immersion. They say it's because of equity issues . However, the real reason is cost savings.
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Kevlar and face shields! That's the type of safety equipment more and more educators are wearing. Yet some people still wonder why there's a staffing shortage!
edmonton.ctvnews.ca/video/c2907800…

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