Education

2020-03-25

FUREY: Teachers’ union discouraging online learning during COVID-19, doc reveals

Article Link: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/furey-teachers-union-discouraging-online-learning-during-covid-19-doc-reveals

Discussion posted by: IRWeasel

While the majority of Canadians are forced to adjust to the new realities of life under COVID-19, one teachers’ union in Ontario is telling their members they can stubbornly say no. A question and answer document sent Monday from the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) to their members — and shared with the Toronto Sun by concerned educators — shows just how resistant the union is to teachers stepping up and providing education alternatives in the weeks and months ahead.

2020-03-19

Months of school closures, social distancing needed to fight pandemic: U of T research

CA Member Canada, Education, Health & Living 0

Article Link: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/03/18/months-of-school-closures-social-distancing-needed-to-fight-pandemic-u-of-t-research.html

Discussion posted by: itzfitzhere

Severe restrictions on public life must continue for months, not weeks, for Ontario to stifle the coming surge of COVID-19 patients and give the health-care system a shot at coping with the pandemic, University of Toronto-led research suggests. Outbreak modelling shows that four weeks of intensive social distancing interventions will be insufficient to suppress a sharp rise in new cases, hospitalizations, and critically ill patients in intensive care. The disruptive measures must continue for more than six months to slash the size of the epidemic peak by more than half and delay it long enough that a vaccine might become available, the model found.

2020-03-17

Teacher’s sick sexploits with student caught on video

IRWeasel Education, International, Law & Crime 0

Article Link: https://torontosun.com/news/crime/teachers-sick-sexploits-with-student-caught-on-video

Discussion posted by: IRWeasel

The lurid video of the 29-year-old teacher having sex with one of her teen students earned her an ‘F’. Cops say Brittney Lyles was arrested and charged with a number of sex offences involving her 17-year-old male student. The offences allegedly took place in February, according to The Baltimore Sun.

2020-03-13

Catholic teachers’ union reaches tentative deal with province

David McNamara Canada, Education, Politics 0

Article Link: https://toronto.citynews.ca/2020/03/12/catholic-teachers-union-reaches-tentative-deal-with-province/

Discussion posted by: David McNamara

The Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association (OECTA) has reached a tentative deal with the province. In a statement, Liz Stuart, President of OECTA confirmed they have reached “a tentative agreement with the Ontario Catholic School Trustees’ Association and the Government of Ontario on central terms for a new collective agreement.” Details of the agreement will remain confidential pending ratification of the deal.

2020-03-13

Colleges, universities among latest COVID-19 cancellations

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Article Link: https://torontosun.com/news/provincial/colleges-universities-among-latest-covid-19-cancellations

Discussion posted by: itzfitzhere

The list of cancelled and postponed events, programs and activities grows as public health officials discourage large gatherings to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) announced Friday that its Ontario government-ordered closure of schools until April 5 includes all its daycares as well. A message sent home to parents says that in addition to schools, authorized recreation programs, EarlyON Child and Family Centres, its e-learning courses, field trips, athletic events, art performances, school-based meetings and other public meetings.

2020-03-12

Ontario to shut down schools for two weeks following March Break

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Article Link: https://torontosun.com/news/provincial/ontario-to-shut-down-schools-for-two-weeks-following-march-break

Discussion posted by: itzfitzhere

Ontario will shut down all schools in Ontario for two weeks following March Break. Premier Doug Ford had been asked earlier on Thursday whether Ontario would follow the lead of New Brunswick and ask anyone who travelled over March Break to stay home for two weeks. Speaking to media in Ottawa, Ford said this wasn’t needed but added the situation was constantly changing. “It can change, it can change at any day,” Ford said.

2020-03-11

PICKEL: The case against bigger raises for Ontario teachers

David McNamara Canada, Education, Politics 0

Article Link: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/pickel-the-case-against-bigger-raises-for-ontario-teachers

Discussion posted by: David McNamara

Ontario’s teacher unions are demanding a 2% salary increase in each of the three years covered by their next contract, and some have reportedly requested a 7% hike in benefits. The government shouldn’t give in. First, there’s the issue of provincial finances. The government already offered its employees a raise it can’t afford: annual 1% hikes for three years. Each 1% raise costs taxpayers $720 million, which would double if the teacher unions got the raises they want.

2020-03-05

EDITORIAL: Ford offers teachers a fair deal

IRWeasel Canada, Education, Politics 0

Article Link: https://torontosun.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-ford-offers-teachers-a-fair-deal

Discussion posted by: IRWeasel

Claims by Ontario teacher unions Premier Doug Ford wants to destroy public education would be laughable if the stakes weren’t so serious. These unions have railed against every Ontario government of every political stripe — NDP, Liberal and Progressive Conservative — for 30 years, making the same allegations during contract negotiations over and over again.

2020-03-05

“Get back into the classroom,” Ford tells unions

CA Member Canada, Education, Politics 0

Article Link: https://torontosun.com/news/provincial/get-back-into-the-classroom-ford-tells-unions

Discussion posted by: itzfitzhere

As striking teachers encircled Queen’s Park, Premier Doug Ford said this fight is now about the quantity of compensation and not the quality of education. “I don’t know what more they want,” Ford told the Ontario Legislature Thursday. “I know what more they want, and the public knows, because overwhelmingly now you’ve seen the shift. The message to the unions is: ‘The party’s over with the taxpayers’ money. Pack your bags and get back into the classroom.’” The Ford government announced this week that it would backtrack on its demands for larger classrooms and mandatory elearning high school credits.

2020-03-04

Teen pleads not guilty to St. Mike’s locker room sex assaults as trial opens

David McNamara Canada, Education, Law & Crime 0

Article Link: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/03/04/teen-pleads-not-guilty-to-st-mikes-sex-assaults-at-opening-of-final-trial-in-locker-room-scandal.html

Discussion posted by: David McNamara

A former St. Michael’s College School student has pleaded not guilty to six charges including the gang sexual assault and sexual assault with a broomstick of two students in the fall of 2018. The teen’s trial, which began in a Toronto courtroom Wednesday morning, is the only still-unresolved case involving seven students from the all-boys private school who were charged over two sexual assaults that took place in a locker-room at the private school. Charges were withdrawn against two students last year, and four entered guilty pleas and were sentenced to two years’ probation.

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