New teachers are banned from wearing symbols such as a hijab, turban or kippa under the law. Those already on the job are exempt under a grandfather clause, as long as the remain in the same position.

A tree now stands outside a Westchester elementary school as a lasting symbol in memory of Eastchester teacher Arlene Connolly-O’Neill, who was killed in a murder-suicide last year. On Tuesday ...

The largest school board in Quebec says three teachers have signed contracts to work after agreeing not to wear religious symbols in class, complying with the province's secularism law.