Influencing council …
This article is circulating among neighbourhood advocates along the downtown waterfront and is one suggestion of what Torontonians should do to influence the political centre on Toronto City council. “Persistent, thoughtful public pressure, not on the mayor but on certain councillors, is the best and likely only way to change the trajectory of this administration. […]
board insists public meeting Mon 27th despite shut out!
A final community consultation on the closure of a Regent Park school will go ahead as planned. The meeting, called for Monday, June 27th (7pm at Winchester PS), has been in dispute since it was announced to an email list late last week. Appeals for it’s postponement due to inadequate community notification were sent to […]
Schools to be “reviewed” in Rexdale very soon
A “PARC” for Rexdale in Etobicoke North Parents report that Ward 2 Trustee Chris Glover pulled a motion to approve the Rexdale parents’ proposal for an expanded, elected Pupil Accommodation Review Committee from the TDSB agenda at lthe April 13th Board meeting. According to reports by parents, Trustee Glover had agreed to put the Rexdale parents’ motion […]
Most Ontario high schools charge prohibited ‘course fees’
Almost 70 per cent of Ontario high schools charge students fees for courses — fees that aren’t allowed under the Education Act, says a new report by People for Education. “Despite this prohibition, there appears to be many grey areas,” says the report released Thursday morning by the research and advocacy group. “In some schools, […]
Okay, we’ll reign in the fees -Libs
The Canadian Press Thursday Mar. 24, 2011 TORONTO — Public schools in Ontario will get new guidelines from the province Friday telling them what extra fees they can and cannot charge. The advocacy group People for Education released a report today saying fees charged for courses, student activities and athletics are on the rise […]
parents asked to aid schools with more of their own funds
A number of Ontario high schools have begun charging fees for mandatory courses, including English and science, raising questions about fair access to public education. In a report released Thursday, parent advocacy group People for Education found that 6 per cent of Ontario high schools charged fees for English classes, which are mandatory in every […]
An alternative budget
It’s a budget that could give Finance Minister Jim Flaherty nightmares, but a left-leaning think tank says it’s one that would serve the country well coming out of recession. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is unveiling its annual “alternative federal budget” in Ottawa on Tuesday, a 38-page document that shows what fiscal policy […]
Parents converge at TDSB
Concerned Rexdale parents will converge on the Toronto District School Board on Monday, February 28th to plead for a more democratic decision-making process in the upcoming review of their community’s school capacity and for all children to be given the right to attend their neighbourhood school. Their proposal would increase parent representation and allow for […]
Free breakfasts
Chicago’s school board on [January 26th] adopted a sweeping new program to offer free breakfasts in the classrooms of Chicago Public Schools’ 410,000 students, for kids from low-income families
At risk schools
More accurate measure of hurdles students face ignores where they live and if they are immigrants Mar 17, 2009 Toronto Star LOUISE BROWN The map of poverty across Toronto schools no longer counts apartments and immigrants. In a new way of measuring the socio-economic hurdles faced at different schools, the Toronto District School Board now […]