INCREASED CLASS SIZES WILL COMPROMISE VITAL TEACHER-PUPIL RELATIONSHIPS: EXPERTS

Removing caps on Ontario’s elementary class sizes will compromise the secure relationships between teachers and students that are essential to children’s healthy development and academic achievement, say two experts in the field. Nikki Martyn, program...

REMOVING CLASS-SIZE CAPS A MONEY GRAB AT THE EXPENSE OF KIDS: ETFO WATERLOO PRES.

The president of ETFO’s Waterloo Teacher Local strongly defended class size caps in a radio interview with CBC Kitchener and accused the provincial government of trying to do an end run around the collective-bargaining process...

EDUCATORS PREDICT INCREASED STRESS IF CLASS-SIZE CAPS ARE RAISED

Two Ottawa-Carleton District School Board teachers told CBC’s Ottawa Morning that larger class sizes, now being considered by Ontario’s Tory government, would harm her ability to build and maintain relationships with individual pupils. “It’s really...

SMALLER CLASS SIZES MEAN A BETTER EDUCATION: ETFO WATERLOO VP

Waterloo Region teachers are concerned about their ability to meet students’ needs if classes grow larger. “We’re frustrated because we have seen the benefits of smaller class sizes,” says Jeff Pelich, vice president of ETFO’s...

TEACHERS’ REPS SEE “CONSULTATIONS” ON CLASS SIZES AS FIRST STEP TO BUDGET CUTS

Teachers fear consultations on class sizes signal that Doug Ford’s Tories will target education budgets, according to an article by Allison Jones of The Canadian Press. A document released by the government says reducing class...