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!! […]
Candidates sign Pledge to fixOntarioschools
MPP candidate for Scarborough Rouge Park, Felicia Samuel has pledged to fixOntarioschools! Have the MPP candidates in YOUR riding signed a Pledge yet? Download Pledge forms and the MPP Info flyer here. Then go along to each of their offices and find out. Consult our “fixourschools campaign guide ” Visit the candidate offices along […]
Ready for the Ontario elections, are you?
We are going to the polls on June 7th. Are you ready? Is your MPP and the competing MPP candidates willing to commit to fixing Ontario’s schools? Not sure? Ask each one of them. And refer them to our Info for MPP Candidates and Pledge form. Each downloadable from the home pate of this […]
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 […]
Auditor General calls for independent review of schools funding formula:
On December 6th in Toronto, Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk released her 2017 Annual Report. The report includes 14 different audits that focus on provincial government spending. Two audits in particular are relevant to Ontario school boards and public education: Ministry Funding and Oversight of School Boards In the 2016/17 school year, the Ministry and municipalities combined provided school boards […]
Horwath’s promise
According to her official facebook page release Andrea Horwath stopped short of calling for a province-wide “standard of good repair” or the elimination of a $15.9 billion backlog in Ontario’s school repairs. The NDP leader’s page reports that she committed to (the significantly less-ambitious promise) to make Education Development Charges available to Toronto’s public school […]