Education News

Nova Scotia’s Education Budget: Unraveling the Government Spending Trends in 2024-25

Nova Scotia’s budget for 2024-25 was released, anticipating $16.5 billion in spending, including $2.72 billion for education. The budget is a best guess, with inevitable additional appropriations. Ongoing negotiations could impact education spending. Wage negotiations are ongoing, involving 200 employers with 300 collective agreements. Bargaining agreements could result in additional appropriations to the estimated education spending. Bargaining is also ongoing within licensed child care. Pay attention to public sector bargaining agreements as they could have significant implications.

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Unveiling the Digital Dilemma: The Declining Online News Traffic Crisis

As major online platforms distance themselves from news, publishers face an uncertain future. With Facebook’s top news executive leaving and Twitter transforming into X, the news landscape is evolving. Even Google, once a strong news partner, is faltering. Publishers grapple with declining traffic from tech giants and increasing polarization. This shift in the publisher-tech relationship carries significant consequences for the news industry. Social media referral traffic has dropped sharply over the past two years, leaving publishers at the mercy of algorithms. Google’s recent layoffs and the embrace of artificial intelligence pose further challenges. Publishers now contemplate a post-Google future where AI dominates and news links are buried. The road ahead remains uncertain for the industry’s survival.

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