Jillian Horton: Every night at bedtime my son and I read Archie. Amid the brutal COVID disruptions, I feel viscerally what he is drawn to: the containment of it all.
Shannon Proudfoot: Line-ups start at the crack of dawn. Wait times stretch for days. As schools reopen and demand soars, prepare for a new kind of lockdown purgatory.
Melanie Williams’s son was born with Down syndrome. Isolation and social distancing are experiences he faces in his everyday life.
Kids on fighting boredom, too much screen time, and what’s actually better about life in these times
Half-capacity classrooms, hand-washing stations, sparse playgrounds. B.C’s resumption of classes has given the rest of the country a chance to see how schools may function in the age of COVID-19.
Image of the Week: The province’s decision to resume elementary classes is an unintentional experiment in child psychology
To nobody’s surprise, university is no cheap feat. But how much does an education really cost? With the price of rent, groceries and the occasional drink, school fees are only a fraction of the overall price tag, particularly for those who move away from home.
Why, in a rich country like Canada, will so many children be sitting in their new classrooms feeling hungry this week?
It’s one of the key languages we use to communicate. Yet, most of us are illiterate.
Fabulous moms get a frosty reception on the first day of school
UPDATED: Saskatoon public schools to eliminate consequences for academic dishonesty
…with a five-year-old teacher