Mastodawn

I’m waiting for the smooth brained 🧠 Chancellors of #Universities to take pay cuts for their lack of #contingency planning when the fully endorsed, “single point of failure #examination, #marking and #grades” disrupts the academic year resulting in disruption of #academic #SLA

Does anyone remember paper examinations?

#Software / #hacks / #CyberAttack / #academia / #tech / #lol 🤪
<https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/08/canvas-cyberattack-us-schools-universities>

Cyber-attack on system widely used in US education disrupts final exams

Nationwide Canvas outage left students and faculty ‘dead in the water’ and rushing to rearrange end of academic year

The Guardian

CBC London Apr 15

Ontario plans to tie high school attendance to grades and mandate final exams. It's getting mixed reactions
New Ontario education legislation proposes to count attendance and class participation into high schoolers' final marks and to mandate final exams, drawing a mix of reaction from students, parents and education experts.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont-edubill-exams-attendance-9.7163291?cmp=rss

CBC Ottawa Apr 15

How some Ottawa high school students feel about changes to final exams
Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government has proposed new legislation that would count attendance and class participation toward students' grades, and also mandate final exams.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7164731?cmp=rss

CBC Sudbury Apr 15

Ontario plans to tie high school attendance to grades and mandate final exams. It's getting mixed reactions
New Ontario education legislation proposes to count attendance and class participation into high schoolers' final marks and to mandate final exams, drawing a mix of reaction from students, parents and education experts.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont-edubill-exams-attendance-9.7163291?cmp=rss

CBC Kitchener-Waterloo Apr 15

Ontario plans to tie high school attendance to grades and mandate final exams. It's getting mixed reactions
New Ontario education legislation proposes to count attendance and class participation into high schoolers' final marks and to mandate final exams, drawing a mix of reaction from students, parents and education experts.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont-edubill-exams-attendance-9.7163291?cmp=rss

CBC Thunder Bay Apr 15

Ontario plans to tie high school attendance to grades and mandate final exams. It's getting mixed reactions
New Ontario education legislation proposes to count attendance and class participation into high schoolers' final marks and to mandate final exams, drawing a mix of reaction from students, parents and education experts.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont-edubill-exams-attendance-9.7163291?cmp=rss

CBC Ottawa Apr 15

Ontario plans to tie high school attendance to grades and mandate final exams. It's getting mixed reactions
New Ontario education legislation proposes to count attendance and class participation into high schoolers' final marks and to mandate final exams, drawing a mix of reaction from students, parents and education experts.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont-edubill-exams-attendance-9.7163291?cmp=rss

CBC Top Stories Apr 15

Ontario plans to tie high school attendance to grades and mandate final exams. It's getting mixed reactions
New Ontario education legislation proposes to count attendance and class participation into high schoolers' final marks and to mandate final exams, drawing a mix of reaction from students, parents and education experts.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont-edubill-exams-attendance-9.7163291?cmp=rss

CBC Windsor Apr 15

Ontario plans to tie high school attendance to grades and mandate final exams. It's getting mixed reactions
New Ontario education legislation proposes to count attendance and class participation into high schoolers' final marks and to mandate final exams, drawing a mix of reaction from students, parents and education experts.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont-edubill-exams-attendance-9.7163291?cmp=rss

CBC Toronto Apr 15

Ontario plans to tie high school attendance to grades and mandate final exams. It's getting mixed reactions
New Ontario education legislation proposes to count attendance and class participation into high schoolers' final marks and to mandate final exams, drawing a mix of reaction from students, parents and education experts.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont-edubill-exams-attendance-9.7163291?cmp=rss