Students
Students are the centre of everything to do with education. In this section, you will find information about students, tips to support their learning, and results from surveys and research conducted with students.
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Feb 03
Online privacy
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has launched a series of new tools to help teachers and parents communicate with young people about the privacy risks associated with online activities.
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Ontario Catholic Student Trustees release recommendations on equity and inclusion
Catholic students come out against all forms of discrimination, harassment and bullying.
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Oct 21
Students and parents want schools to act on cyber-bullying
The Ontario Student Trustees Association (in cooperation with People for Education and Student Vote) conducted an online poll of students, and the results are in.
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Oct 21
Students want to be Facebook friends with teachers
Results from a new online survey of Ontario students show that students want to be able to connect with teachers through social media and they think that schools should intervene to stop cyber-bullying, even when it happens outside of school time.
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Sep 01
Parent involvement: What works?
Parent involvement is a priority in many schools. But what does the research say about parent involvement? What really works?
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Feb 25
Students tell us what they think
On February 25, 2011, the Ontario Student Trustees' Association released the results of its first student survey. Read all about it to find out what high school students think about everything from cell phone use to sex ed.
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Feb 20
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Children of immigrants are more likely to do well in school
Statistics Canada released a report in February 2011 that shows that children of immigrants are more likely to have higher educational attainment than children of Canadian-born parents.
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May 31
Controversy over sex education
In the spring of 2010, after some complaints, the province decided to withdraw the sex education component of the new elementary H&PE curriculum.
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Schools at the Centre: How do you imagine the schools of the future?
In October 2008, People for Education launched a series of conversations about Schools at the Centre, a new vision for public education in Ontario.