A Plan for School Disrepair?
The PC “Plan for the People” makes no mention of addressing the $15.9-billion of disrepair that plagues Ontario’s publicly funded schools. Will Doug Ford’s PC government protect the now established annual level of funding for ongoing school repairs and ensure that a minimum of $1.4-billion per year goes to Ontario’s school boards for school repairs? […]
Safety in our schools
analysis of election platforms flood online media
Interesting to read the decidedly diverse commentary out there on each party’s election platform as they are unveiled this month. There are already a wide range of analyses of the ONDP’s election platform Hill Knowlton summarizes each component of the platform. Under Education it notes that the ONDP intends to: Re-write the education funding formula Base […]
fixourschools campaign impact
The first party platform to be made public says this: After years of neglecting schools, the backlog of needed repairs has reached $15 billion. Our 10-year capital plan will invest $16 billion and will specifically address* the repair backlog in Ontario’s schools. And we’ll fix the rules around Education Development Charges— payments developers make when they build new homes […]
Are you a student?
Help us by asking politicians to support “State of Good Repair Standard” for your school. *Download a “Pledge” from campaignforpubliceducation.ca *Take a selfie with it. *Tweet “Calling all Ontario MPP candidates: Have YOU signed the Fix Our Schools Pledge?” *Add @Fix_Our_Schools @campaign_for_public_education *Also, tag your MPP* (or better yet: all your local MPP Candidates**!) Thanx!! […]
write to Wynne today
All Ontario children deserve to attend safe, well-maintained schools. Actionable: Reminder to send a letter today! Many of you have already sent Premier Wynne’s government THIS LETTER, letting them know you expect the Province to prioritize Ontario’s schools as critical infrastructure by releasing a budget that allocates the amount of money required to truly begin to Fix Ontario’s Schools. If […]
Formulate Funding for at-risk students now!
In a just-published open letter to the new Minister of Education (signed by CPE together with 10 other social development agencies from across Ontario) we have asserted yet again that the province: “must ensure that the Learning Opportunities Grant is used as intended and that adequate funding is provided to make that possible” You […]
School funding: the solutions
Economist Hugh Mackenzie insists in the latest issue of Our Schools/Our Selves that IT’S TIME FOR A NEW FUNDING FORMULA — ONE THAT PRESSES THE RESET BUTTON ON WHAT THE OBJECTIVES OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM SHOULD BE. IT’S TIME TO ARTICULATE A NEW SET OF GOALS FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION IN ONTARIO THAT LAYS OUT A UNIFYING VISION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS — ONE THAT […]
Dismal record of education funding
The looming Ontario election means that, once again, education will be a key topic of debate. The new issue of Our Schools/Our Selves focuses on a number of key issues that education workers, parents, students and public education advocates are confronting in schools and communities, and offers on-the-ground commentary and analysis of what needs to be done for us to get […]
Province: “Tell parents about lead in school drinking water”
In a recent Toronto Star article entitled,“Education Minister asks school boards to notify parents of lead in drinking water in ‘timely manner‘”, the issue of lead in drinking water in schools and daycares in Ontario continues to be explored. Education Minister Hunter claimed that the Province has a long-term plan to address lead in drinking […]