Talks continue between the province and four teachers’ unions, with Education Minister Stephen Lecce telling parents the Ontario government’s priority is “to deliver a normal, stable and enjoyable year of learning.” In a letter posted...

Constant staffing issues in Ontario’s schools are making the roles of principal and vice-principal less attractive, with more bogged down with administrative minutiae than focused on leadership, a major professional association says. Peter LeBlanc, a retired...

On November 9, 2012, the Supreme Court of Canada released a unanimous decision [Moore v British Columbia (Education)] recognizing that learning to read is not a privilege, but a basic and essential human right. The Supreme Court...

Even though Ontario students won’t be subject to regular standardized reading tests this school year, parents and teachers are warning that any screening tool is only useful if there are more resources to back it up....

The Ontario government is negotiating with its four teachers’ unions, which have been without a contract since August 2022. It was widely expected to be a challenging round of bargaining with the Progressive Conservative government....

There’s something sad about a darkened classroom in summer: chairs piled haphazardly on desks enabling a deep clean of the floor, stripped-down walls revealing none of the lessons learned within. But then, come September, a...

Kids are returning to school this fall amid some uncertainty as teachers continue to negotiate for new contracts. None of the four unions representing teachers and some education workers in Ontario have reached a consensus...

ETFO president explains why the union isn’t taking a deal for arbitration if labour talks fall through.

Ontario’s elementary teachers’ union is applying for conciliation and holding strike votes as negotiations with the government to reach a new contract have stalled. In a news conference in Toronto on Monday, Karen Brown, president...

Education Minister Stephen Lecce is trying to “bully” teacher unions into setting contracts through binding arbitration to avert strikes, says the head of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario. Pushing back against Lecce’s plan — which the union...