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EAs threatened by Ford’s cuts
Educational Assistants are key to our children’s well being in Ontario’s schools.
huge program cuts from freeze in staff hiring
Ford government recommends Ontario school boards freeze hiring ahead of upcoming budget Memo to school boards asks them to ‘exercise prudence in making hiring decisions’ The provincial government has recommended that Ontario school boards implement a hiring freeze until the details of the upcoming budget are solidified. “I am writing to you today to recommend […]
Hydro slams TCDSB students
For Christmas Toronto Hydro Ontario gave the students a big surprise – an unexpected bill for $100,000. Students will have to do without because of this disgraceful cash grab. – Maria Rizzo
Santa Ford naughty NOT nice
Late on a Friday as seasonal festivities converge, Ontario’s Education Ministry grants were cancelled. Included: tutors in the classroom, student success leaders for racialized students, Indigenous-focused collaborative inquiry, support for daily physical activity for elementary and secondary students, as well as a program that is for “ensuring equitable access to post-secondary education.”
Submit today: MOE’s funding survey!
Dear Deputy Minister Naylor, • Efficient Price Setting First and foremost it is important that GSNs prioritize a school system that is publicly-funded based on student need. • Outcomes-Based Funding An outcomes-based model of funding must be tied to a Students’ Bill of Rights rather than a Parents’ Bill of Rights. • Accountability and Value-for-Money E Extensive research on North America’s […]
your input on funding by Friday
Campaign for Public Education since 2002 We INSIST on needs-based funding for Ontario publicly-funded schools, daycares and adult education. Dear friends of public education, We need your help. This is urgent. Each year the Ministry of Education consults on education funding to find out what people would like to see as priorities for school board […]
Crude cutbacks consultation … an extremely alarming Bay Street framework
Ford’s Minister of Education dispatched the following “Education Consultation” to school boards mid-November providing a mere four-week response window. The framework of the questionaire is seen as seriously alarming. Consider this section of the document: “Education partners are being provided with an opportunity to submit feedback about education funding, through electronic submissions, on the […]
Curriculum rollback discriminatory
Elementary teachers voice their concern about the sex-ed curriculum rollback during a rally at Queen’s Park in August. (EDUARDO LIMA / STAR METRO FILE PHOTO) Student across Ontario staged a walkout on Sept. 21 to protest Premier Doug Ford’s rollback of the sex-ed curriculum. Students at Western Technical Commercial School are shown during a rally outside their […]