With the union representing school support staff threatening to go on strike again beginning Monday, Catholic school boards in the Toronto area are preparing to close their doors for in-person learning.

If last week������Ƶapp chaos that descended on Ontario schools, their pupils, families, and employees proves anything, it������Ƶapp how the language of rights can lead to grievous wrongs.

If the first month of the school year is any indication, it������Ƶapp going to be a bumpy ride for education in Ontario for the foreseeable future.

Ontario������Ƶapp English Catholic teachers will be voting on a strike mandate in November as they deal with what their union calls “reckless cuts” proposed during bargaining with the province.

With educational support staff set to take full-scale strike action Oct. 7, Ontario������Ƶapp Catholic school boards are reviewing contingency plans with a particular emphasis on student safety and their ability to maintain programming.

JERUSALEM - Israel������Ƶapp 47 Christian schools are entering the second week of an open-ended strike to protest ongoing cuts in government allocations, which they attribute to government discrimination against minority religious groups.

NEW DELHI - The Catholic Church in India supported some 150 million workers on a nationwide strike that shut down factories, banks, traffic and government offices across India Sept. 2.

Ontario's Catholic teachers have signalled that they are ready to strike just before school is set to resume in September.

TORONTO - A parent group is calling for children to be pulled out of school during Education Week in Ontario to protest the province������Ƶapp new sexual-education curriculum.

Even as some prominent Christians are calling on the United States to take more forceful military action against Islamic extremists in Iraq and Syria, more than 50 mainly Catholic and Protestant leaders are telling President Barack Obama to halt American airstrikes and pursue solely peaceful means to resolve the conflict.