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  Quebec has done 'very little' for Indigenous academic success: auditor general

  Quebec’s Education Ministry has done little to promote the academic success of Indigenous students; there is a lack of funding and no guiding strategy for schools, according to the auditor general’s latest report.

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  Dawson College to close Thursday after students hold strike in solidarity with Gaza

  Dawson College will be closed on Thursday after students voted in favour of holding a one-day strike in solidarity with Gaza.

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  Montreal high schools make list of best in Quebec

  The Fraser Institute released its annual ranking of Quebec high schools, and not surprisingly, private schools scored well. But many public schools were at the top of the class, including several from the English Montreal School Board.

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  Dawson College students vote in favour of one-day strike in solidarity with Gaza

  Students at Dawson College voted in favour of a one-day strike in support of Gaza.

• Quebec orders audits at 17 schools over alleged behaviour 'contrary to Quebec values'

  Quebec Education Minister Bernard Drainville says his department will investigate complaints involving 17 schools across the province where it is alleged that state secularism is not being respected.

• Quebec launches a guide to the use of artificial intelligence in schools

  As part of the Quebec government's work on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in schools, Education Minister Bernard Drainville launched a guide for teaching staff on Wednesday.

• EMSB chair reelected in school board election

  Hundreds of Montrealers cast their ballots in the English Montreal school board elections on Sunday. Polls closed at 8 p.m. and while results have begun to trickle in, officials said it will take some time for all of the votes to be counted.

• Quebec says private colleges are selling citizenship. The data tells another story

  Quebec wants to cut its share of international students to ease housing pressure and protect the French language, but a recent uptick in study permits has mostly gone to people from francophone countries where the province has explicitly sought to attract more students.

• Bedford school saga: Drainville looking into another Montreal school after complaints

  After the Bedford school saga, Quebec Education Minister Bernard Drainville is demanding that light be shed on a potential new case of a school struggling with religious behaviour on the part of teachers.

• Quebec Solidaire calls for an end to funding for religious schools

  As the case of the Bedford school, where teachers created a climate of terror, has brought the debate on secularism to the fore, Quebec Solidaire (QS) is joining the Parti Québécois (PQ) in calling for an end to the funding of religious schools in the province.

• Minister suspends licences of 11 teachers at Montreal's Bedford school after allegations of mistreatment

  Quebec Premier Francois Legault promised on Tuesday to toughen secularism measures in schools, saying he was 'shocked' by revelations about a Montreal public school where a group of teachers had tried to introduce what the premier described as 'Islamist' beliefs.

• 'Climate of fear and intimidation' at Montreal elementary school, government probe finds

  Quebec's education ministry said it is bringing in what it calls 'unprecedented measures' after a government investigation found teachers at a school in a Montreal school had created a 'climate of fear and intimidation.'