Students to teach themselves while schools ‘restructure’ lesson plans
New Brunswick — In a recent CBC questionnaire sent out to educational professionals across the country, it was noted that…
NB schools to ban cellphone use ‘except when kids really need to sext or check Instagram’
New Brunswick — Schools in the Picture Province are taking a page from Ontario’s book and finally banning cellphone use…
NB schools teaching cursive for fancy illiteracy
New Brunswick — The debate has been raging over whether to keep instructing children how to write in cursive, and…
Fredericton-area schools never to be closed again for snow, apparently
Fredericton — With yet another morning of shovelling driveways, cleaning snow off of vehicles and generally just hating nature, residents…
NB Education Dept. rolling out ‘emoji grades’
Fredericton — Only three years after introducing a new evaluation system for New Brunswick students, the “achievement scale” system is…
Schools open today to make up for snow day last week
Fredericton — Apparently two wrongs sometimes do make a right, at least in the eyes of David McTimoney, superintendent of…