ETFO NEWS RELEASE: GOVERNMENT WOULD SACRIFICE OUR YOUNGEST CHILDREN TO SAVE MONEY

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,...

“SWIFT, FURIOUS” REACTION IN LONDON TO FORD ANNOUNCEMENT ON FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN

“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 SAY: KEEP FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN

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...

NO STRAIGHT ANSWERS FROM FORD ON FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN

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...

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...

ONTARIO GOVERNMENT THREATENS REMOVAL OF CLASS-SIZE CAPS

Education Minister Lisa Thompson has begun the process of increasing class sizes to save money. A government document obtained by CityNews says cuts to education could help reduce the provincial deficit. ETFO President Sam Hammond...

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