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 [...]
. School discriminated against boy by cutting special-needs program: top court A landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision has put schools on strict notice that they cannot evade their [...]
$2billion: the amount McGuinty’s Bill 115 extracts from Ontario’s public education budget over 2-3 years. $2billion: the amount Ontario would generate per year if we simply [...]
I am writing to you today as a parent of a child in Ontario’s public school system. Specifically, my child attends Public School in Toronto. Over the past weeks since school began, I have been [...]
“Governing is about priorities. Students can’t help but notice they aren’t high on the list.” David Suzuki June 2012 The Campaign for Public Education has closely examined Ontario’s Bill 115 [...]
.Kayla Smith, a Grade 12 student at Bramalea Secondary School [seen here addressing Saturday’s rally], isn’t happy about losing her extra-curricular activities but she feels protesting the [...]
Sukanya Pillay, a director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, speaks during a press conference in Toronto on Thursday August 30, 2012 held by the CUPE, ETFO and OSSTF to voice their [...]
from: The “crisis” in education – Part 2 Bill 115 “…will result in a major shift in control over Ontario’s education system. The Bill [gives] the provincial government a number [...]
Many mocked us, many vilified us, many told us we would achieve nothing. But after a wave of student mobilization in Quebec through the spring and summer, we can count our victories: on the first [...]
Several hundred teachers, many clad in black, attended a public school board meeting Tuesday night in unified protest against the Liberal government’s new education legislation. About 300 [...]