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• Researchers investigating racism in Quebec elementary schools

  A research partnership launched this month will document the experiences of anti-black racism among elementary school students in Quebec, a phenomenon that is more prevalent than one might think, according to the project's director, special education and training professor Gina Lafortune.

  

• Not enough services for special needs students, says Quebec ombudsperson

  Elementary school students with learning difficulties are not receiving all the services they are entitled to under the Education Act.

  

• Parents upset after Grade 1 and 2 students had mouths taped shut at Quebec school

  Parents whose kids attend an elementary school north of Montreal are upset after learning that a staff member put tape over the mouths of several Grade 1 and 2 students for being too loud, including one who has autism.

  

• Quebec threatens to change laws after Montreal schools offer Grade 12 to bypass Bill 96

  The province is threatening to modify the law in response to Montreal schools that plan to bypass the effects of Bill 96 by offering Grade 12 programs to students who want to avoid going to CEGEP.

  

• Quebec school bus drivers, companies say if contract doesn't improve, no rides in September

  The main union representing Quebec's school bus drivers and their employers say that if the government's offer does not improve, students in the province will have to find another way to get to school in the fall.

• Montreal schools offering Grade 12 as work-around due to Bill 96 caps in English CEGEPs

  Now that Bill 96 is law, there will soon be caps on how many students are admitted to English CEGEPs. But some Montreal schools have found a work-around to offer an English education by starting Grade 12 programs so students don't have to attend CEGEP at all.

• Montreal elementary school teacher charged with sexual assault involving 11-year-old girl

  Quebec's education minister has called for a Montreal elementary school teacher's licence to be revoked after he was charged with sexual assault and child pornography offences.

• Quebec launches strategy to support school staff over next four years

  Quebec Education Minister Jean-Francois Roberge launched the Strategy to Value School Personnel 2022-2026 on Tuesday.

• Quebec ministerial exams now mandatory for homeschoolers; parents' group protests

  A group of Quebec parents is asking to suspend the new obligation this year that forces children schooled at home to take ministerial exams in Grades 4 and 6, as well as in Secondary 2.

• Quebec's English colleges say they are being targeted by government for their success

  Recent amendments to Quebec's new language bill are targeting English junior colleges because the schools are increasingly popular among non-anglophones, say students and representatives of the college system.

• Bad weather forces several schools in Quebec to close

  A mixed bag of heavy rainfall, freezing rain and even snow in some regions of Quebec has forced several schools to shut their doors for the day.

• Quebec's academic freedom bill 'a slap in the face,' says Concordia Black Student Union

  Quebec's higher education minister says legislation tabled Wednesday would allow 'any word' to be uttered in university classrooms as long as it's used in an academic context.