Education

2020-01-28

Ontario school boards try to reassure families as fears of coronavirus spread

David McNamara Canada, Education, Health & Living 0

Article Link: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/01/27/schools-try-to-reassure-parents-as-fears-of-coronavirus-spread.html

Discussion posted by: David McNamara

Amid pleas from some parents urging school officials to let their children wear protective masks — and students asking campuses be shut down — educators are calling for calm. As news surfaced Monday of a second case of coronavirus in Ontario — and 19 people being monitored — parents and students circulated petitions aimed at stopping the spread, while health officials tried to reassure the public they are working closely with the education sector. “The health and well-being of Ontarians, including and especially our students and school staff, is Ontario’s top priority,” said Dr. David Williams, Ontario’s chief medical officer of health in a letter to the province’s school communities about the virus, which originated in Wuhan, China.

2020-01-28

Elementary teachers preparing to strike for two days a week

David McNamara Canada, Education 0

Article Link: https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/2020/01/27/elementary-teachers-to-hold-province-wide-one-day-strikes-each-week-in-addition-to-rotating-strikes.html

Discussion posted by: David McNamara

Ontario’s public elementary teachers will strike two days a week if their union and the provincial government have not reached a deal by Friday. A memo sent Monday to members of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario detailed the significant step-up in job action, which will take effect next week, shutting down schools across the province and leaving parents rushing to find daycare. “ETFO locals will continue in a full withdrawal of services strike that will require members to engage in a one-day rotating strike and a one-day full provincial strike each week” if no deal is reached by Jan. 31, the memo said.

2020-01-26

Ryerson University terminates agreement with student union over improper use of funds, infighting

David McNamara Canada, Education 0

Article Link: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ryerson-university-terminates-agreement-with-student-union-over-improper-use-of-funds-infighting

Discussion posted by: David McNamara

Ryerson University announced Friday it has terminated its 34-year-old operating agreement with the Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU), following allegations that former executives were misspending student funds, and recent infighting and resignations. In a statement Jen McMillen, vice-provost for students, said Ryerson no longer recognizes the RSU as the official student government representing students.

2020-01-22

BONOKOSKI: Holding children for ransom is teachers’ go-to shakedown

IRWeasel Canada, Education, Politics 0

Article Link: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/bonokoski-holding-children-for-ransom-is-teachers-go-to-shakedown

Discussion posted by: IRWeasel

As certain as I am of being even uglier when wearing a toque, Ontario’s teachers have been playing us for dupes for as long as I can remember. And that’s a significantly long time. I have been working solely for Sun Media, the Toronto Sun in particular, since 1974 — which is 46 years and counting. And those years include 10,080.7 work weeks news-watching Ontario’s elementary and secondary school teachers and their unions repeatedly use the same faux “woe-is-me” rhetoric of being underpaid and underappreciated.

2020-01-21

Toronto, Peel boards will not issue term 1 elementary report cards due to ongoing job action

Buck_Off Canada, Education 0

Article Link: https://toronto.citynews.ca/2020/01/21/toronto-peel-boards-will-not-issue-term-1-elementary-report-cards-due-to-ongoing-job-action/

Discussion posted by: 🖕 Buck_Off 🖕

Both Toronto and Peel’s school boards say they will not issue elementary report cards for term one due to ongoing job action by the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO). In a statement released on Tuesday, the TDSB said the ETFO has been engaged in legal job action since November of last year which includes “sanctions related to report cards.” In accordance with the sanctions, teachers will not complete or file term one report cards, file progress reports or Kindergarten Communication of Learning reports and will not undertake the role of report card administrator. Teachers will provide school administrators with a list of marks for various subjects or one brief comment per frame for the Kindergarten Communication of Learning reports.

2020-01-21

EDITORIAL: Get back to class

IRWeasel Canada, Education, Politics 0

Article Link: https://torontosun.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-get-back-to-class

Discussion posted by: IRWeasel

Sorry, we don’t buy teacher union platitudes that their rotating strikes aren’t damaging your child’s education. They say they’re doing this for the kids. Hogwash. It’s all about the unions, power and money. Secondary, elementary, Catholic and French language teachers are busily rotating strikes through different parts of the province, withdrawing their services, leaving families scrambling for care and jeopardizing quality education. Toronto District School Board and Peel Regional Board have sent out notices that they’ll be unable to produce Term 1 report cards for parents without input from teachers.

2020-01-20

Third teachers’ union to strike

IRWeasel Canada, Education, Politics 0

Article Link: https://torontosun.com/news/provincial/third-teachers-union-to-strike

Discussion posted by: IRWeasel

Teachers in Ontario’s publicly-funded English Catholic school system strike Tuesday for the first time in over 20 years. Secondary school teachers at several public school boards, including the Toronto District School Board (TDSB), will also be off the job and on the picket line. Elementary teachers, who conducted their first strike of this round of collective bargaining Monday at the TDSB, are also conducting rotating one-day strikes.

2020-01-19

Why the Ford government isn’t stopping teachers’ strikes with back-to-work legislation just yet

Arye ben-Shaoul Canada, Education, Politics 0

Article Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/teacher-strike-ontario-back-to-work-legislation-doug-ford-1.5430757

Discussion posted by: Arye ben-Shaoul

Legislating teachers back to work is “the last step,” Ford said this week when he took questions from reporters at Queen’s Park. “What we really want to do is get a deal.” How much labour disruption would it take for the government to legislate an end to the strikes? When I asked Education Minister Stephen Lecce, he said that’s not his focus right now, and said negotiated agreements are the “best option for all the parties.” What neither Progressive Conservative politician mentioned: imposing back-to-work legislation now would not likely stand up in court.

2020-01-18

WARMINGTON: Teach our students, don’t indoctrinate them

IRWeasel Canada, Education, Politics 0

Article Link: https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/warmington-teach-our-students-dont-indoctrinate-them

Discussion posted by: IRWeasel

Education or indoctrination? At a time of much labour turmoil between teachers and the provincial government, it’s difficult to tell in some classrooms. For example, students at St. Agnes Catholic School in North York were given an assignment to write a letter to Premier Doug Ford about their opposition to education cuts.

2020-01-18

What’s a TFSA for? It can help your kids be student-debt free

Arye ben-Shaoul Business & Economics, Canada, Education 0

Article Link: https://globalnews.ca/news/6420860/tfsa-resp-education-savings/

Discussion posted by: Arye ben-Shaoul

The beauty of tax-free savings accounts is their simplicity. You put money in, watch it grow tax-free and take it out whenever you want, also tax-free. That’s it. That’s why Canadians are using TFSAs for all kinds of things: saving for retirement, emergency funds and short-term goals like saving for a down payment or a vacation. But there’s another possible use, financial planners say: setting extra money aside for your kids’ education.

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