“But one per cent is not enough, and the 1.25 per cent that the government has budgeted for is not enough, either.” #onted #osstf #oecta #etfo #aefo #onpoli #OntarioDeservesBetter #StudentsDeserveBetter thestar.com/politics/provi…

Just curious , does the premier know anything that happens in his caucus? Seems oblivious to way too much stuff.

#NEW: A concerned local resident says chemicals from an industrial building that caught fire in Etobicoke on Friday have begun to spill over into Mimico Creek, affecting local wildlife. toronto.citynews.ca/2023/08/11/che…

Ah, teachers not a dime a dozen eh? Perhaps, perhaps we’re worth more than you think.

Everyone is jumping ship at #FORDNATION lmao going to the private sector. Anyone wanna see which private educational company is taking the leech? Lmao 🤣

Scathing Ford op-ed in the conservative-leaning National Post "It’s tough for any political leader to realize when he has become a liability to his party" "It will be difficult for Ford, whose strengths are optimism and confidence, to admit that he has reached his Dalton

OLP leadership poll alert 📊 For subscribers. Bonnie Crombie as Liberal leader could reduce PCs to a minority, a Pallas Data poll finds thetrillium.ca/insider-news/p… via TheTrillium.ca

Destreaming requires funding. In Peel District School Board, Applied courses used to have a cap of 22 students. Now they don't exist. Why aren't destreamed courses being run with the same class cap as applied courses?

SPECIAL REPORT: New survey results from People for Education show that the vast majority of schools in Ontario do not have the necessary supports & resources needed to properly implement de-streaming! De-streaming has been a priority for years, as many reports have shown that streaming

“De-streaming is a significant shift in the way we teach students in Grade 9. We need ongoing support from the Ministry around reducing & maintaining smaller class sizes." Despite the increased need for smaller class sizes when de-streaming, more and more #OntEd schools say

Destreaming was never about anything other than finding another way for Doug Ford and Stephen Lecce to cut education spending. #onted #edchat

I've had several replies to my last post about my partner's impossible #Alberta classroom size of 35 & 37 students saying "So what? It was like that when I was growing up" Yes. Teachers know that. We know that. The Millenials and Gen X of this province remember this 1/x

Don’t tease me.

BREAKING: Ontario's Auditor General finds 203 emergency department closures during 2022-23 largely driven by the province’s inability to properly staff hospitals. globalnews.ca/news/10150405/… #onpoli

Ontario’s Auditor General says the province doesn’t have a strategy to reduce its reliance on agency nurses. Hospitals have increased reliance by 25 per cent and agency nurses are being paid 2-3x higher than hospital. #Onpoli

"60 Minutes" and CNN journalist, and host of the podcast "All There Is with Anderson Cooper," talks about the propensity among many people to bury their grief over lost loved ones in silence, and how hiding one's grief can inflict an additional burden. cbsn.ws/48E4YZR

This is something: an article in the Journal of Pediatric Medicine makes the case that the rise in anxiety and depression in children and youth is linked to the severe (and relatively recent) curtailing of independence. Roaming, making choices, getting into a little trouble, it

“A ‘crisis' in GTA school staffing shortages is leading to cancelled classes, burnout & mounting pressures.” Wages frozen for 10 years, deteriorating work conditions & school boards choosing chaotic hiring practices. #onted #yrdsb #tdsb #onpoli thestar.com/news/gta/a-cri…

Why on earth is the 504 streetcar delayed 30 minutes in the city! I had to hop into an Uber wtf!