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April 20, 2022

Excerpt: "In response to the learning loss identified in a pilot during the 2021-22 school year and the Child and Youth Well-being Review Panel recommendations, school authorities will now be required to administer literacy and numeracy screening assessments, selected from an approved list, starting in September 2022. The implementation of language and math assessments for students in grades 1 to 3 was one of the Alberta government’s key platform commitments. Fulfilling this commitment, while also addressing COVID-19-related learning loss, will ensure both parents and teachers understand and assess progress in the critical early years to help struggling learners. Many other provinces already collect assessment information about students at this age."
Erica Walker
April 12, 2022

Professor Erica Walker, an award-winning educator and researcher in mathematics, has been appointed as Dean of OISE for a five-year term starting Jan. 1, 2023.
Doug Gosse
April 12, 2022

OISE alum Dr. Douglas Gosse has been appointed to the Council of the Ontario College of Teachers as Vice-Chair of the Selection and Nomination Committee.
April 8, 2022

Excerpt: "Under Budget 2021, the Province committed to expanding the number of $10 a Day spaces in B.C. by converting 3,750 licensed child care spaces into low-cost spaces for families. The B.C. government has now surpassed this goal by creating 4,015 $10 a Day spaces for families in communities throughout B.C."