Be among 1st to sign on…
We invite your organization to sign on to: A CHARTER FOR EDUCATION IN ONTARIO Preamble: To ensure a healthy democracy, we as a society, need an educated electorate. A quality public education is the right of every Ontarian. To ensure that all residents of Ontario receive a quality public education that meets their individual needs […]
Trustees on the move…
School boards shouldn’t be mere political stepping stone If we paid trustees well, treated them with respect and gave them the autonomy they require, they might not be so quick to seek ‘higher’ office. By: Sachin Maharaj Freelance Opinion writer, Published on Thu Aug 06 2015 TheStar Kim Campbell, Mike Harris, Kathleen Wynne, and Olivia […]
Public board chair takes leave
The chair of Canada’s largest school board has resigned and also taken a leave of absence as trustee as he focuses on his run for MP in the fall federal election. Shaun Chen is running for the Liberals in the new riding of Scarborough North. It’s expected the board will call a meeting this week […]
Awaiting TDSB governance report
The Provincial ‘community consultation’ about how to deal with the Toronto District School Board included a meeting of Barbara Hall with the Campaign for Public Education in late June. We are looking forward to seeing what recommendations make it to print and which Hall proposals are published and implemented by the Wynne government. Since turn out for the […]
TDSB public meetings
August 26 (Wed) Regular Meeting 7pm September 16 (Wed) Operations and Facilities Management Committee 4:30 p.m. September 16 (Wed) Human Resources and Professional Learning Committee 5 p.m. October 7 (Wed) Program and School Services Committee 5 p.m. October 21 (Wed) Finance and Accountability Committee 5 p.m. October 21 (Wed) Planning and Priorities Committee 7 p.m. […]
Ontario’s future?
Apparently, Walmart’s owners, the Waltons, aren’t satisfied with owning the largest low-wage employer in the country and being the richest family in the world. They’ve also been working (and by “working” we mean “spending”) overtime to undermine the K-12 education system across the US. Is this what Wynne’s advisors have in mind for Ontario? Read on… A […]
Greetings Minister!
Ontario’s Liberals were greeted by our billboard in Collingwood this weekend as they gathered for their AGM.
Education spending is frozen just when…
“Education spending is frozen. Ottawa’s contribution is a pittance. Universities are floundering. At the very moment when they’ve proved their worth, and just as we’re about to need them more than ever, we’re cutting them adrift. It’s time to get the whole country onto a campus.” For the past two decades, the population of Canada […]
WHERE to advise Hall on TDSB governance
SCHEDULE OF CONSULTATIONs Tues May 19 7-9pm Lawrence Heights North York West) (see map) Wed May 20 7-9pm North York Central North York Central Library 5120 Yonge St. (Yonge north of Sheppard) Sat May 30 11am-1pm Scarborough South McGregor Park Community Centre 2231 Lawrence Ave. (Btwn. Birchmount & Kennedy) Check for updates at http://consultationsontdsb.ca/consultations-on-tdsb Completed April 22 Scarborough […]
public education is about empathy
There is a basic cognitive science result I call “pre-conscious assimilation.” Within a tenth of a second, incoming information — whether in language, vision, or touch — is unconsciously changed, often radically, to information that better fits what is already in your brain. In short, what you become conscious of often depends on what you […]