School community workers hired

12 more community support workers will serve at-risk Toronto students and parentsToronto Star Feb 29, 2008 Kristin Rushowy They arrange hearing and vision appointments for children, get parents [...]

Refuse to balance the budget!

A letter from Tim McCaskell  to school trustee, Maria Rodrigues   cc: kwynne.mpp@liberal.ola.org I am writing to you to express my distress that the TDSB is considering cutting [...]

Petition for Safe and Equitable Schools

Support Safe and Equitable Schools by signing the following petition to: Gerry Connelly, Director of Education, and the Trustees of the Toronto District School Board    To sign go to: [...]

No survey on Homophobia

Catholic School Board Refuses to Conduct Survey on 'Homophobia'By Hilary White  2/22/2008   LifeSiteNewsStudents are asked, "How many teachers or other staff members [...]

Community forum on Falconer

 The Urban Alliance on Race Relations presentsA Forum on School Safety and Equity: Community Responses to the Falconer ReportOn January 11, 2008, the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) [...]

Hall monitor profile

HIGH SCHOOL SAFETYSchool hall monitors keep the peaceFeb 17, 2008  Louise Brown, TORONTO STAR See a video of hall monitor, Dave Bradley, during his rounds at Earl Haig Secondary School. [...]

School gender studies

Harassment reports renew call for high school women's course Gender studies would help female students deal with inappropriate sexual behaviour, activists sayToronto Star   Feb [...]

160 new school librarians

The Canadian Press  February 15, 2008 at 5:31 AM EST The province is kicking in $40-million over four years so elementary schools across Ontario can hire 160 new librarians, Premier Dalton [...]

Tax cuts reduce services

Toronto Star Feb 13, 2008   re: What's so scary about the right?   Comment, Feb. 12 I'll tell Tony Gizzie what's so scary about the right. Its policies don't [...]

Math skills

1.  New secondary grads trail in math courses    ELIZABETH CHURCH Globe and Mail   February 13, 2008 A large percentage of Ontario high-school students arriving at [...]