Education and School: September 2012 Archives

For many students across Ottawa, today is the first day back to class.
And for teachers, it could be the beginning of a long battle.
That's in part because of legislation introduced last week at Queen's Park that will freeze teachers wages, and ban strikes for two years.  
At an annual labour day parade yesterday, in Ottawa, some teachers, expressed their concerns about what they might face heading back to work, and back into the classroom.
So will labour strife seep it's way into the classroom in the coming months?
Our education columnist Joel Westheimer has been thinking it over --- he's a professor in the faculty of education at the University of Ottawa and joins me know.