Teachers across New Brunswick have ratified a five-year agreement that will welcome 250 teachers to classrooms facing challenges related to the range of intellectual and physical abilities found in schools today. “The provision of additional teachers, especially for direct intervention services for students, is an important first step,” they said in a joint statement, “and reflects the need to increase the resources needed to meet the increasingly complex requirements of an inclusive school system.” The research project is a joint initiative of the Teachers` Association and the Land Government and is being evaluated by independent experts. The new collective agreement applies to nearly 8,000 teachers, including pension teachers, vice-principals and school heads. Marc Arseneault and Guy Arseneau, co-chairs of the federation, said the agreement addressed the most important issues related to the composition of the classroom. . . .