education

“I often feel like adrenalin is the only thing getting me through my classes”: A Toronto high school teacher on his classroom experience so far

"There are some students I still haven’t seen since last March, and I’m worried about them"

“I play ‘O Canada’ in the mornings, which helps with the regular school vibe”: What it’s like to run a learning pod during Covid

In Covid times, some parents are keeping their kids home from school and hiring teachers to run so-called learning pods. Here, one Toronto pod teacher describes how it all works

Growing up in community housing, I had to fight for my education. Now, as a chemist, I bring STEM learning to low-income kids

"I told my guidance counsellor I wanted to study science. She suggested I should become a hairdresser"

“One little boy played the violin on his stoop”: These Toronto teachers biked around their neighbourhood for an epic series of porch parties

“We visited more than 200 families. Our voices were raspy by the end from cheering and shouting to people on their porches”

“Before homeschool, we had Dad School, which was really hard”: Toronto kids reflect on their online classes so far

“When this is all over, I am most excited to go to the library”

The best signs from this weekend’s Rally for Education at Queen’s Park

Thousands of people gathered at Queen's Park to protest the Ontario government's education cuts

Inside the city’s coolest study lounge for high-school students

Complete with unlimited tea lattes, boho-glam decor and plenty of chill vibes

Q&A: Mitzie Hunter, the new cabinet minister in charge of Ontario’s unruly school system

On sex ed, and Black Lives Matter

Q&A: Angela Kennedy, the Catholic school board trustee who changed her mind about sex ed

Our Six in the Six interview with the chair of the Toronto Catholic District School Board

Dear Urban Diplomat: should I rat out my disability-scamming colleague?

Q&A: Education Minister Liz Sandals on getting the new sex ed curriculum past a mob of angry parents

Inside the nasty, bizarro, contemptible, gobsmackingly screwed-up soap opera that is the TDSB

The University of Toronto is the 20th-best school in the world, says a British mag