Ontario Ministry of Education

A request to take a deep dive into serious or violent incidents in schools – which sparked more than an hour of trustee debate – was temporarily sidelined by red tape having to do with student privacy issues.

STRATHROY – New elementary schools will be built in two fast-growing communities near London, the province’s education minister announced Wednesday, and more good news will be coming soon for families living in the city. Stephen Lecce said during a stop Wednesday at Holy Cross Catholic secondary school in Strathroy that

Classroom supplies in the cash-strapped Thames Valley District school board are so scarce many teachers say they're buying them themselves as the board deals with an $18-million budget shortfall.

A new Ontario requirement that high school kids take a mandatory tech course is being hailed as a good step, but worries abound over who will teach it and what the course will entail.

Teacher training begins this month at the region's largest school board on a new screening system designed to identify pupils having difficulty reading. Read More

The Thames Valley District school board is tracking toward a $18.5-million budget deficit, almost three time more than it had predicted last spring, according to new figures. Read More

A student trustee on the Thames Valley District school board is raising the alarm about the potential end to a program that provides menstrual products in washrooms at London-area schools and across the province. Read More

Southwestern Ontario’s largest school board has been given the green light to move on two new elementary schools in London, both in the city’s booming west end. Read More

The London District Catholic school board will be building a new, $51-million high school in the city, education ministry officials announced Thursday. Read More

One of London’s oldest Catholic high schools is likely to be torn down. Read More

The region’s largest school board is making the case to build an unprecedented seven new schools and a school addition as the number of students continues to spike. Read More

The drama and excitement of back-to-school week are tangible: The morning scramble. The first-day outfits. The breathless reunions with peers. The threat of being outed at home. Read More