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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>The Nova Scotia Teachers Union promotes and advances the teaching profession and quality public education.</description><link>https://bsky.app/profile/nsteachersunion.bsky.social</link><title>@nsteachersunion.bsky.social - Nova Scotia Teachers Union</title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/nsteachersunion.bsky.social/post/3mlwfbxj2mk2r</link><description>Halifax school librarian, social worker positions up in the air after changes to funding.&#xA;&#xA;https://globalnews.ca/news/11851516/halifax-supplementary-funding-school-librarians-social-workers/</description><pubDate>15 May 2026 22:34 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:v3lmcxtif3zqtw22lcxml7da/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlwfbxj2mk2r</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/nsteachersunion.bsky.social/post/3mlwf5jphik2r</link><description>“These teachers support colleagues while also working directly with small groups of students with diverse and complex needs. 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We ask the head of the Nova Scotia teacher&#39;s union how it&#39;s working.&#xA;&#xA;https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-24-information-morning-cape-breton/clip/16213491-nstu-president-says-training-and-support-needed-code</description><pubDate>10 May 2026 23:14 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:v3lmcxtif3zqtw22lcxml7da/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljv6zxyv22a</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/nsteachersunion.bsky.social/post/3mljts5tbnk23</link><description>“What students and educators need are concrete measures – not more half-measures or hollow talk,” said Day. “We have already taken this route, and it didn’t work. 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