OCSTA Responds to Provincial Policy Announcement on the Use of Cellphones and Vaping in Schools

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India grants citizenship to first batch of 14 refugees under controversial law
India granted citizenship on Wednesday to a first batch of 14 people under a controversial law that has been criticised for discriminating against Muslims, midway through general elections in which religious divisions have taken centre stage. The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) grants citizenship to Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, and Christians who fled to India from Muslim-majority Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan before Dec. 31, 2014 because of religious persecution. India implemented the act in March, weeks before the ongoing elections in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are seeking a rare third consecutive term.
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Amsterdam university cancels classes after violence erupted at a pro-Palestinian rally
The University of Amsterdam canceled classes Tuesday and shut buildings for two days after the latest pro-Palestinian demonstrations over the war in Gaza turned destructive. Protests continued to simmer at several European universities where students faced off with academic authorities on whether relations with Israel should be broken off or drastically reduced, as the death toll continues to climb during the seven-month Israel-hamas war. Overall, the protests in Europe have failed to reach the intensity of demonstrations at several U.S. universities.
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Pope Francis and other Catholic leaders committed to raising awareness of environmental issues draw on centuries of tradition.
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How Weaponizing Antisemitism Puts Jews at Risk
The blanket assertion by pro-Israel advocates of rampant antisemitism at demonstrations shields Israel from legitimate criticism, writes Raz Segal.
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Age limits will be set on when children can be taught sex education, reports say
Schools will be told not to teach children any form of sex education until year 5, when pupils are aged nine, according to newspaper reports.
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Why the speech by Kansas City Chiefs kicker was embraced at Benedictine College's commencement
Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker may have stirred controversy in some quarters for his proclamations of conservative politics and Catholicism on Saturday, but he received a standing ovation from graduates and other attendees of the May 11 commencement ceremony at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. The fast-growing college is part of a constellation of conservative Catholic colleges that tout their adherence to church teachings and practice — part of a larger conservative movement in parts of the U.S. Catholic Church.
CBC
Use of emergency supply substitute teacher skyrocketed after onset of pandemic: documents
Trent Langdon, president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers' Association, says the use of emergency supply teachers shows the province's education system is unhealthy. (Darryl Murphy/CBC)The use of emergency supply teachers skyrocketed in Newfoundland and Labrador after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to documents obtained by CBC News, and the head of the provincial teachers' association says their use must come to an end.In the 2019-20 school year, there were about 35 emerg
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New Jersey quintuplets celebrate their graduation from the same college
The Povolo quintuplets from New Jersey received their degrees Monday from Montclair State University, where they all had received full academic scholarships.
BBC
Students occupy London university building over Gaza
The students are demanding the university cuts any financial ties with Israel over the Gaza war.
LA Times
'Maximum chaos.' UC academic workers authorize strike, alleging rights violated during protests
United Auto Workers Local 4811, which represents 48,000 student workers in the University of California system, authorized a strike alleging their workers' rights were violated in actions against pro-Palestinian protests.
CBC
This substitute teacher says she's being forced to leave N.L. to get full-time work
Samantha Hicks, a teacher from Newfoundland's Codroy Valley, says she's leaving the province because it's too difficult to land a full-time position in the province. (Submitted by Samantha Hicks)A substitute teacher from the Codroy Valley says Newfoundland and Labrador's hiring practices are forcing her to leave the province for a job in the Northwest Territories.Samantha Hicks told CBC News in a recent interview she's tired of hearing about a shortage of teachers in the province. The problem is
People
Breaking Down Harrison Butker's Speech: Read the Chiefs Player's Most Controversial Comments
Fans are calling for Harrison Butker to be removed from the Chiefs' roster for the upcoming NFL season after his 20-minute commencement speech at Benedictine College
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Moms for Liberty Sues to Stop Protections for Trans Kids
Octavio Jones/Getty ImagesMoms for Liberty is suing the U.S. Department of Education over the Biden Administration’s new Title IX regulations that protect transgender students—and they’ve listed a series of scenarios where they claim the rule would “irreparably harm” their members’ children and violate their Christian beliefs.Among their listed anxieties: A high-school athlete in Pennsylvania would be banned from sharing her views on a local transgender coach using girls’ locker rooms, and a Kan
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Modi Files Papers to Contest Election From Holy City of Varanasi
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UWindsor president says they plan to meet with pro-Palestinian encampment organizers
The University of Windsor's president says the school has reached out to arrange a meeting with the organizers of a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus. At an unrelated news conference Wednesday morning, president Robert Gordon told reporters that the school in southwestern Ontario reached out Tuesday morning and hopes to talk to the group in the coming days. There is no set date at this time. Gordon said the school hopes to talk about what the group "would like to see done, but also for us to
Kansas City Star
Chiefs’ Butker is welcome to his conservative beliefs — but he’s wrong on women, Bible | Opinion
The Kansas City place kicker disparaged LGBTQ Pride, COVID-19 policies and abortion rights at Benedictine College. Fine. But God wants women to read Scripture and think for themselves, says Yvette Walker.
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Mississippi School's Dress Code Is Illegal And Unfair To Transgender Students, ACLU says
The complaint sent to the Education Department comes days after the state enacted an anti-transgender law restricting bathroom access.
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UC Berkeley to consider divesting from weapons makers as pro-Palestinian protesters break camp
Pro-Palestinian protesters at UC Berkeley removed their encampment after talks with the university, which said it will consider their divestment demands.
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Harvard students end protest as university agrees to discuss Middle East conflict
Protesters against the war between Israel and Hamas were voluntarily taking down their tents in Harvard Yard on Tuesday after university officials agreed to discuss their questions about the endowment, bringing a peaceful end to the kinds of demonstrations that were broken up by police on other campuses. The student protest group Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine said in a statement that the encampment “outlasted its utility with respect to our demands.” Meanwhile, Harvard University interim President Alan Garber agreed to pursue a meeting between protesters and university officials regarding the students’ questions.
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India's parliament has fewer Muslims as strength of Modi's party grows
Building a Hindu temple where a violent mob razed a mosque. For India's 200 million Muslims, they highlight their waning political power in the world's largest democracy. Tensions between Hindus and Muslims in India are not new, but they have gotten worse under Modi, whose ruling Bharatiya Janata Party touts a Hindu-nationalist ideology.

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OCSTA Responds to Provincial Policy Announcement on the Use of Cellphones and Vaping in Schools

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