Where’s Dalton?
Jan. 04 2013, 11:20 AM EST Dalton McGuinty has been Premier of Ontario for long enough, has put his family through enough sacrifice, that it’s normally hard to begrudge him a day off. But on this day, it just didn’t feel right. You just have to take ownership of some decisions, right or wrong. And one […]
TDSB officials denounce Broten
10:45pm Jan. 04 2013, The same day Ontario Education Minister Laurel Broten was preaching restraint as she imposed a tough new deal on teachers, she quietly renewed a contract with a maintenance workers’ union that billed a Toronto school $143 to install a pencil sharpener. Toronto District School Board officials denounced Ms. Broten’s unilateral […]
Repeal Bill 115 THIS Friday
This Friday at 4pm targeting Education Minister Laurel Broten’s Constituency Office 701 Evans Avenue Etobicoke. Parents, teachers, 44oo education workers, students and community from across the city have been taking action at Friday after-school rallies since September. The weekly actions at the constituency offices of Liberal Cabinet Ministers and MPPs is to protect and enhance public education and to express […]
ESSENTIAL UPGRADE FOR EDUCATION IN TORONTO
GIVE ALL OUR STUDENTS WHAT THEY NEED TO SUCCEED Following the 1998 amalgamation of school boards, Trustees lost the ability to determine local needs and to tax in order to fund them. Prior to that year Toronto’s seven school boards did NOT have constant year over year financial crises. However, when the province took over complete […]
Bolton & Chen re-elected
News from Monday’s Board Organizational Meeting. Chris Bolton, Trustee for Ward 10, was acclaimed by Trustees as the Chair of the Toronto District School Board during the annual Organizational Board meeting this evening. Shaun Chen, Trustee for Ward 21, was re-elected to the position of Vice Chair. A former Toronto school board teacher and principal, […]
Many 100s teachers rally at board & give TDSB an F
On Monday afternoon, Dec 3, 2012 several 100s of elementary teachers, parents and community allies gathered at 5050 Yonge St in Toronto and gave the TDSB an F for its handling of Bill 115 and Progress Reports. [more photos] Andy Lomnicki, VP of ETT noted that: “For the past few weeks, the TDSB’s handling of Bill 115 and fall […]
small schools best -researchers
For years, empirical studies have shown that urban centres like Toronto require small schools! A recent review examined 57 post-1990 empirical studies of school size effects on a variety of student and organizational outcomes. The weight of evidence provided by this research clearly favors smaller schools. ‘Students who traditionally struggle at school and students […]
Give the TDSB an “F” Monday
Give the TDSB an F For Its Handling of Bill 115 and Progress Reports Monday Dec 3, 2012 @ 4:30 – 6PM TDSB BOARD OFFICE For the past few weeks, the TDSB’s handling of Bill 115 and fall Progress Reports has done nothing but inflame tensions between teachers, principals, and parents and sow confusion. In stark contrast […]
playgrounds safe
TORONTO SCHOOL BOARD WILL NOT SELL see also: Toronto School Board right not to sell playgrounds: Salutin. The Toronto District School Board has voted down a proposal to raise money for capital projects by selling land at some Toronto schools to developers. The Board voted 15 to 7 against a plan that could have seen […]
In School out of Schooltime
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012 1pm – 4pm SPT’s Research & Policy Forum What’s happening with community programming in Toronto schools? Find out and join the discussion! Featuring Guest Speakers: Susan Fletcher, Chair of the SPACE Coalition, on the changes to community use of schools in Toronto and across Ontario Miya Narushima, Associate Professor at Brock University, […]