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TEACHERS ARE “SO HAPPY” WITH EDUCATION CUTS: DOUG FORD

April 16 2019

Premier Doug Ford says he has spoken with “hundreds of teachers over the last few weeks” who are “so happy” with the province’s education cutbacks. As dozens of educators looked on from the spectators’ gallery...

SCHOOL BOARD LAYOFFS: THE TOLL MOUNTS

April 15 2019

Despite promises from the Ford government that no teachers would be laid off due to his cutbacks to education, local media outlets are reporting just that in communities across Ontario. The Upper Grand District School...

THOMPSON’S OWN SCHOOL BOARD WARNS CUTS THREATEN RURAL EDUCATION

April 15 2019

The Ford government’s education cutbacks will shrink the number of teachers and threaten “even the core curriculum required to graduate” at smaller rural schools,” says the Bluewater District School Board, which is located in Education...

ONTARIO BUDGET DOES NOT MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS

April 11 2019

Text of an ETFO news release dated April 11: Toronto, ON – The Ontario government’s 2019 budget for public education does not meet the needs of students and schools, according to the Elementary Teachers’ Federation...

MINISTER WANTS TO SCRAP SENIORITY IN HIRING, GUT REGULATION 274

April 10 2019

Ontario Education Minister Lisa Thompson says the Ford government will scrap a regulation that is designed to prevent nepotism and favouritism in hiring of full-time teachers. Lisa Thompson told the legislature on April 9 that...

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