CPE-endorsed Trustee candidates
15 CPE-endorsed School Trustee candidates are poised for election in TDSB wards across Toronto Oct 27th pledging to give students & communities what they need to succeed! Each candidate backs fully funding public education. United with all board members they will advance a coordinated program for public education across Toronto. Chris Glover, ward 2 Etobicoke […]
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4 party platform comparison
Just out from PeopleForEducation.ca Education-platforms P4E2014.06.10
VOTE TO DEFEAT HUDAK
Vote to protect public education in Toronto. Bring your neighbours, friends and relations. Bring out the vote. Join the campaign for quality public education across Ontario. Tuesday, June 10, 2014 Ontario race remains tight with just a day to go http://www.threehundredeight.com/ It is coming down to the wire in one of the closest elections this […]
“Education is a right; that is what we have to fight!” student vs school closings
With an all to familiar promise to build brighter futures and new schools, authorities in Chicago are now up against communities determined to save their schools. These 3 minutes will surprise and inspire. Click here: Amazing 9 year old Asean Johnson brings the crowd to their feet at Chicago school closings rally www.youtube.com By the […]
Severance payload
Dear Etobicoke Centre Residents, “I am writing to update you on the school yard severance issue and the proposed cuts to itinerant music instruction at the TDSB. School Yard Severance “As you may have seen in the media in November 2012, the TDSB is considering severing portions of school yards and selling them to raise […]
Schools “efficient” and convenient community hubs
In the unlikely event that Crombie were ever to settle on just one cause, it might well be “community hubs” — using a single property to house the local school, daycare, swimming pool, community centre, health centre and library, as well as other city services. Places like Seattle have embraced that approach; Toronto, not so much, […]
Pop up clubs for life-long learning begs the question: When do we RE-FUND education in the public interest?
* Toronto’s four publicly funded school boards would be wise to re-examine the importance of their remaining facilities for hands-on “shop” and technical training, if recent research by Denise Balkissoon is to be believed. This past weekend’s Globe & Mail reports that Toronto, already awash in pop-up shops (to the delight of consumers intent on retail […]
Save our Community
Chatsworth Drive is lined with lawn signs as are streets throughout the John Wanless Public School area. Check out the soswanless.com website This community is up and ready to take on several levels of government to protect their community during what’s likely to be a tough fight ahead with boundary changes on the horizon. […]
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Errol Young, photographer, former school trustee, community activist and online education commentator He represents community interests in the ongoing battles to keep public education public at a monthly assembly of groups and organizations which, for over a decade has run joint campaigns under the title of the CAMPAIGN FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION. CPE’s own 10 Point Program insists that parents, […]