Liberals: $3 billion to save crumbling schools
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 billion of disrepair that has been allowed to accumulate in our schools over the last 20 years. $3 billion per year is over double current […]
Schools in disrepair: why?
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 buildings that provide optimum learning conditions. Who let it get this far? “You might be surprised to hear that your property taxes […]
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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 Standard” for every publicly-funded school across Ontario. Don’t wait. 1 click to do it now.
Report: “gross underfunding”
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 their days. At Queens Park Media Studio 10am Tues, Nov 14 2017 economist Hugh Mackenzie will release his report entitled, “Ontario’s deteriorating schools […]
Province, allow schools to collect developers’ cash!
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 School, which has almost doubled its size to 775 students since Youssefi’s eldest son started there a decade ago. (CARLOS OSORIO / TORONTO STAR) | “Families are […]
funding formula bad for schools
Economist Hugh Mackenzie and campaigner Annie Kidder lay out the Tory & Liberal legacy on TVO.
Special Ed EAs rock!
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 part of their lifeblood. The kids they deal with on a regular basis are sometimes not the easiest cases, when you’re talking about […]
school shortage in major Ontario cities
Provincial funding restrictions have led a number of Ontario’s 72 school boards short of much needed schools. By SALMAAN FAROOQUI The Canadian Press TORONTO—Serina Manek has been living in Leslieville for seven years and has watched it go from a rough-around-the-edges area in Toronto’s east end, to one of the city’s most desirable […]
The Defunding of Public Education
In a comprehensive report on Ontario’s education funding for ETFO this month economist Hugh Mackenzie has produced a revealing and very readable testament to the critical importance of the Campaign for Public Education founded in Toronto in 2002. “September 22, 2017 marks the […]
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