The former Assistant Deputy Minister of Education who implemented full-day kindergarten in Ontario says the Ontario government should think twice about axing the program. Studies show the return on investment in full-day kindergarten is between...
British Columbia’s experiment with increasing class sizes “harmed student learning, cost the government political support, and did not end up saving much (if any) money in the long run,” says a Canada Graduate Scholar in...
An Ontario human rights tribunal has heard that senior staff warned Education Minister Lisa Thompson that the new sex-education curriculum imposed by the Conservative government would be regarded as “outdated” and “not serving the needs...
Nova Scotia’s government is on a collision course with the province’s teachers over its demand to make teachers’ pensions an issue during upcoming contract talks, reports CTV News Atlantic. Pensions are usually negotiated separately from...
Premier Doug Ford has hinted at cutting the popular full-day kindergarten program after the 2019-20 school year. “As far as I’m concerned, there’s [sic] a lot of areas of education that are broken that need...
Larger class sizes would harm our youngest children, says the president of ETFO’s Ontario North East Teacher Local. “By even contemplating larger class sizes, [the provincial] government is willing to sacrifice the safety and well-being...
From raising child/caregiver ratios for home child care providers to contemplating larger classes in elementary schools, the Ontario government is moving quickly to sacrifice the safety and well-being of our youngest children to save money,...
“I’m furious and parents are furious,” London West MPP MPP Peggy Sattler said. The 13-year school board trustee and former chair of the Thames Valley District School Board said she had received many messages from...
Ontario families interviewed by Global News Toronto were unanimous: the province needs to keep full-day kindergarten. After Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he wouldn’t guarantee full-day kindergarten after the 2019-20 school year but said his...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford had no straight answers when asked about the future of full-day kindergarten at a news conference Jan. 30. “Once we sit down and come up with a solution, you’ll be the...
