For years, empirical studies have shown that urban centres like Toronto require small schools! A recent review examined 57 post-1990 empirical studies of school size effects on a variety of [...]
Give the TDSB an F For Its Handling of Bill 115 and Progress Reports Monday Dec 3, 2012 @ 4:30 – 6PM TDSB BOARD OFFICE For the past few weeks, the TDSB’s handling of Bill 115 [...]
TORONTO SCHOOL BOARD WILL NOT SELL see also: Toronto School Board right not to sell playgrounds: Salutin. The Toronto District School Board has voted down a proposal to raise money for capital [...]
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012 1pm – 4pm SPT’s Research & Policy Forum What’s happening with community programming in Toronto schools? Find out and join the discussion! Featuring Guest [...]
. School discriminated against boy by cutting special-needs program: top court A landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision has put schools on strict notice that they cannot evade their [...]
Current provincial austerity policies are having both an immediate and a lasting impact on working class kids who are forced to take on part time work to help their families cover monthly costs. [...]
In Saturday’s Globe and Mail Kate Hammer reports that TDSB’s “K-12 Strategy” consultations are essentially “a Trojan horse for school closings” . Here is her [...]
$2billion: the amount McGuinty’s Bill 115 extracts from Ontario’s public education budget over 2-3 years. $2billion: the amount Ontario would generate per year if we simply [...]
I am writing to you today as a parent of a child in Ontario’s public school system. Specifically, my child attends Public School in Toronto. Over the past weeks since school began, I have been [...]
“Governing is about priorities. Students can’t help but notice they aren’t high on the list.” David Suzuki June 2012 The Campaign for Public Education has closely examined Ontario’s Bill 115 [...]