“Education is a right; that is what we have to fight!” student vs school closings
With an all to familiar promise to build brighter futures and new schools, authorities in Chicago are now up against communities determined to save their schools. These 3 minutes will surprise and inspire. Click here: Amazing 9 year old Asean Johnson brings the crowd to their feet at Chicago school closings rally www.youtube.com By the […]
How did my Trustee vote on that, anyway?!!
Check out current voting records of your school trustee at the TDSB… here !!
Those who can, teach; those who can’t ridicule
. Who you callin’ a teacher? Why we love ’em in theory and loathe them in practice Of course Justin Trudeau’s experience as a teacher isn’t going to help him run a government. What could he possibly have learned overseeing a group of squabbling, self-absorbed kids who can’t see past their own interests that might […]
The day the music stopped?
April 09, 2013 16:27 ET Toronto District School Board Eyes Slashing Music Program TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – April 9, 2013) – Massive cuts to the elementary school music program were placed on the agenda last night at the Toronto District School Board’s Budget Committee. Again facing the annual structural deficit, senior staff tabled a discussion paper in […]
Severance payload
Dear Etobicoke Centre Residents, “I am writing to update you on the school yard severance issue and the proposed cuts to itinerant music instruction at the TDSB. School Yard Severance “As you may have seen in the media in November 2012, the TDSB is considering severing portions of school yards and selling them to raise […]
Schools “efficient” and convenient community hubs
In the unlikely event that Crombie were ever to settle on just one cause, it might well be “community hubs” — using a single property to house the local school, daycare, swimming pool, community centre, health centre and library, as well as other city services. Places like Seattle have embraced that approach; Toronto, not so much, […]
Globe goes after TDSB’s labour costs
(photo credit: Peter Power/The Globe and Mail 2013.04.10) Toronto Interactive See which Toronto schools have ballooning labour costs Stuart A. Thompson and Kate Hammer The Globe and Mail Wednesday, Apr. 10 2013, 1:05 PM EDT The Toronto District School Board is the largest school board in […]
Province “too cheap”
thestar.com Phil Allt COMMENT Published on Sun Mar 24 2013 The resumption of extracurricular activities in Ontario preoccupies many armchair critics of public education. Yet no one, not even those who can speak with some authority, is really confronting the issue. Outgoing Ontario Secondary School Teacher president Ken Coran correctly asserts that only 20 […]
This sad week at the School Board
The shocking news about Trustee Atkinson reached CPE Saturday evening. On Sunday the Globe and Mail reported that “Irene Atkinson, a blunt advocate for educational causes, was feted at a [Campaign for Public Education] party last December [11th]. It was the 40th anniversary of her first being elected as a Toronto District School Board trustee, a […]
Pop up clubs for life-long learning begs the question: When do we RE-FUND education in the public interest?
* Toronto’s four publicly funded school boards would be wise to re-examine the importance of their remaining facilities for hands-on “shop” and technical training, if recent research by Denise Balkissoon is to be believed. This past weekend’s Globe & Mail reports that Toronto, already awash in pop-up shops (to the delight of consumers intent on retail […]