Submissions to the Ministry of Education on what we need to see in the 2018 Grants for Student Needs (GSNs) have been coming in from across the province. Here is CPE’s submission. Based on [...]
The Toronto District School Board’s decision to opt out of the School Resource Officer program has been interpreted by some as anti-police. That is completely false, writes board chair Robin [...]
Directly following our Tuesday press conference Ontario’s Premier was questioned: NDP’s Andrea Horwath: My question is for the Premier. Schools in Ontario need $15.9 billion worth [...]
Noted economist Hugh Mackenzie has revealed that $3 billion per year is needed to repair, maintain and rebuild Ontario’s schools. His comprehensive report shows that Ontario is faced with $15.9 [...]
The parent campaign, Fix Our Schools, has a series of answers: “We are adrift in a sea of schools that are in appalling shape. The majority of Ontario schools simply cannot be considered [...]
It’s time to fix Ontario schools! Please send your MPP this letter asking that they pledge to eliminate the $15.9 billion school repair backlog and to set a “State of Good Repair [...]
As far back as 2002, a $5.6 billion repair backlog existed in Ontario’s publicly funded schools. Today, there is $15.9 billion of disrepair in the buildings where 2 million Ontario children spend [...]
Current rules restrict school boards’ ability to collect levies from builders and what they can spend it on Ali Youssefi, parent council co-chair, and son Kamyar, 10, in front of McKee Public [...]
a special sort of educator. I’ve been teaching for over 20 years, and even now, I marvel at the work educational assistants do. These are people who exercise patience as though it’s [...]