Maggie Macintosh
Winnipeg Free Press
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School division reverses no-exam directive
Testing traditionalists have successfully overturned the St. James-Assiniboia School Division’s recent directive to scrap exam periods and enforce a 10 per cent cap on the weight of finals. → Read More
Tory budget highlights crackdown on crime
The Manitoba budget appeals to fears about rising violent crime by touting a tough-on-crime approach with more than $50 million earmarked to expand policing. → Read More
Teacher calls for updated ELA curriculum before return of Grade 12 exams
The impending return of Grade 12 provincial exams has reignited questions about when the province will roll out a new and long-awaited English Language Arts curriculum for senior years students. → Read More
St. James-Assiniboia School Division draft budget cuts staff
The St. James-Assiniboia School Division’s shrinking student population is anticipated to allow its 26 schools to maintain current class sizes and programs in 2023-24, despite annual funding failing to meet the increased cost of living. → Read More
Planting hope for the future
The creators of a new climate change curriculum want to help their teacher colleagues overcome personal fears about the planet’s future and learn how to educate students on the subject in a way that empowers them to take action. → Read More
River East-Transcona struggles to meet tough budget targets
The River East Transcona School Division plans to borrow money to cover one-time expenses, defer maintenance projects and increase the rate of permits for the public to use facilities on evenings and weekends next year. → Read More
Few changes expected to WSD draft budget
The Winnipeg School Division’s draft budget for the coming school year cements its support for expanded bilingual programs and partially answers residents’ requests for more educational assistants in classrooms citywide. → Read More
Louis Riel division leader blasts racism in budget session
The Louis Riel School Division leader called out community members opposed to funding anti-racism initiatives when he revealed the contents of the 2023-24 draft budget, which relies on dwindling surplus dollars for core operating costs, this week. → Read More
Seven Oaks division considers cuts
The future of free instrument rentals, after-school programs and bussing for grade 7-12 students is uncertain in the Seven Oaks School Division as trustees contemplate cuts to address financial constraints in 2023-24. → Read More
U of M anti-racism task force calls for streamlined incident response
A new report calls on the University of Manitoba to create a streamlined process for responding to incidents of racism and publish all events that happen both in-person and online spaces. → Read More
Crowds for full-scale return of Festival du Voyageur top pre-COVID levels
As they slurped down pea soup, hundreds of attendees relished the full-scale return of Festival du Voyageur and the beloved cook-off contest that has long marked the sunset of winter celebrations. → Read More
Nutrition first concern for students in need
Manitoba high schoolers say not having enough food to eat, followed by mental health challenges and an absence of transportation, are the most common barriers to them showing up and succeeding in classes. → Read More
Province to review school breakfast, lunch programs
Manitoba is reviewing its in-school meal programs, developing an anti-racism policy directive and increasing its list of community schools — a designation that comes with additional funding — to address the effects of poverty on student learning. → Read More
Demand still exists for virtual school
There is a wait-list for the virtual elementary school that Manitoba plans to close after claiming there was a significant drop in demand and in-person learning is superior for students’ mental health. → Read More
Gaps in province’s literacy education probed
MANITOBA Education’s response to a scathing report that concludes the way Ontario schools teach students how to read — a popular approach in local classrooms — is failing children with learning disabilities is being met with skepticism. → Read More
Brokenhead students back in class after air-quality concerns trigger weeks of at-home schooling
The long-awaited resumption of face-to-face learning in Brokenhead Ojibway Nation is being met with sighs of relief across the community, 40 days after an air-quality alarm triggered an evacuation of the local public school and sent 11 people to emergency rooms. → Read More
Pembina Trails adds staff in $206-M draft budget
The Pembina Trails School Division is proposing a significant hiring spree ahead of 2023-24, alongside the end of its full-day kindergarten and a minor adjustment to high school class sizes to balance its budget. → Read More
‘Behavioural issues’ behind U of W Collegiate’s decision to end junior boys basketball team’s season
The University of Winnipeg Collegiate has taken an unusual step of disbanding a sports team midway through its competitive season. → Read More
Rise in misconduct at U of M a sign of stressful times, discipline chair says
The University of Manitoba has issued 20 fines of $100 or more, evicted three students from campus residences and pulled one individual out of a practicum in response to COVID-19 policy breaches since the pandemic began. → Read More
Mould behind school closure; parents call for class return
BROKENHEAD Ojibway Nation has determined mould and an outdated mechanical ventilation system are the major safety concerns in its public school. → Read More