The PC “Plan for the People” makes no mention of addressing the $15.9-billion of disrepair that plagues Ontario’s publicly funded schools. Will Doug Ford’s PC government protect the [...]
Interesting to read the decidedly diverse commentary out there on each party’s election platform as they are unveiled this month. There are already a wide range of analyses of the ONDP’s [...]
The first party platform to be made public says this: After years of neglecting schools, the backlog of needed repairs has reached $15 billion. Our 10-year capital plan will invest $16 [...]
Help us by asking politicians to support “State of Good Repair Standard” for your school. *Download a “Pledge” from campaignforpubliceducation.ca *Take a selfie with it. *Tweet [...]
All Ontario children deserve to attend safe, well-maintained schools. Actionable: Reminder to send a letter today! Many of you have already sent Premier Wynne’s government THIS [...]
In a just-published open letter to the new Minister of Education (signed by CPE together with 10 other social development agencies from across Ontario) we have asserted yet again that the [...]
Economist Hugh Mackenzie insists in the latest issue of Our Schools/Our Selves that IT’S TIME FOR A NEW FUNDING FORMULA — ONE THAT PRESSES THE RESET BUTTON ON WHAT THE OBJECTIVES OF THE [...]
The looming Ontario election means that, once again, education will be a key topic of debate. The new issue of Our Schools/Our Selves focuses on a number of key issues that education workers, [...]
In a recent Toronto Star article entitled,“Education Minister asks school boards to notify parents of lead in drinking water in ‘timely manner‘”, the issue of lead in drinking water in [...]