Teacher layoffs loom
More than 135 local teachers could lose their jobs under the province’s plan to increase secondary school class sizes. Larger class sizes and mandatory online courses for high school students are among the many education…
Ontario school guidance counsellors seek more resources in dealing with mental health concerns
Student mental health is a huge concern for school guidance counsellors — who these days help kids with everything from stress to substance abuse and have even become the go-to person for families looking to…
Power of Many conference sends message to Ford: “We are organized and we are coming
TORONTO, March 25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The OFL launched its Power of Many campaign of resistance to the Ontario government’s pro-business agenda of cuts and privatization today. Union members and community activists from all…
Students are pawns in province’s game of educational chess
The recent Ford government education policy announcement, concerning major changes in class size and mandatory online credits for high school students, has me reminiscing about a series of popular SNL episodes that ran from the…
School boards react to upcoming changes from Ford government
The heads of the Sault and Algoma region’s two English language school boards have offered their responses to the provincial government’s upcoming changes to classroom sizes and how some courses will be taught within the…
Ontario teachers’ union says increased class sizes could result in thousands of lost jobs, vows to fight the changes
The Ontario government’s plan to increase high-school class sizes will result in the loss of thousands of education positions, says the head of the secondary school teachers’ union which has vowed to fight the changes….
Ontario trades announcement ‘righting a generational wrong’ in schools: PCA
The new Education that Works for You vision released by Ontario Minister of Education Lisa Thompson recently includes increasing student and parent exposure to skilled trades and promoting the trades through education. “Ontario students have…
Ford warns teachers’ unions not to dare protest class-size increases
Premier Doug Ford is warning teachers’ unions against taking any action to protest his government’s move to increase class sizes to save money. “If the head of the unions want to hurt the children of this province…
Teachers wear black to protest increased class sizes
Hundreds of teachers across Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent are taking part in a silent protest of proposed changes to Ontario classrooms. The Progressive Conservative government last week announced plans to eliminate the cap on class sizes…
Hamilton teachers union boss wonders if province’s goal is an educational environment or crowd control
The union representative for Hamilton’s public high school teachers says larger class sizes will not mean better education for students. Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF) Local 21 President Dan Staples predicts the provincial government’s…