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...

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...

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...