Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives are slashing roughly $1 billion from the Ministry for Children, Community and Social Services over the next three years, according to the provincial budget, but have provided few details about where the cuts will occur. Spending will fall from $17 billion in the...
The Ford government’s plan to reduce teaching positions in Ontario will have widespread effects on the education system, the provincial teachers union says. According to the four-year plan, by 2022, Ontario’s education system will have nearly 3,500 fewer teachers. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Education said...
A provincial memo obtained by CBC Toronto lays out the Ford government's plans to cut thousands of full-time teaching positions in Ontario beginning this fall. In the 2019-2020 school year, the memo says, there will be 1,558 fewer full-time teachers in Ontario. By the 2022-2023...
TORONTO – Throngs of demonstrators covered the lawn in front of the Ontario legislature Saturday afternoon to protest the Progressive Conservative government’s changes to the provinces education system. Many in the crowd carried signs declaring “Cuts hurt kids” or “Standing together for students,” while others banged...
Parents and persons with no more than a high school diploma are increasing filling in for absent teachers. A CityNews investigation revealed earlier this week that the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board relied on people not certified to teach to supervise classrooms nearly 3,000 times last year...
WATERLOO REGION — Five Catholic high schools expect to trim 24 projected high school teachers in September as classes grow bigger by provincial decree. The proposal includes not replacing 15 retiring teachers, and cancelling the hiring of nine additional teachers. The Waterloo Catholic District School Board previously...
A local union fears changes to education funding could end up costing 200 high-school teachers their jobs over the next four years. The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF), District 17, representing educators in Simcoe County, said teachers won’t learn their fate until April 25. However, after...
Facing an increase in class sizes and uncertainty around funding from the provincial government, the local Catholic school board is projecting a reduction in the number of elementary and secondary school teachers it will employ for the next school year. “Based on the information that is...
DURHAM — Durham could have 400 fewer teachers in its schools over the next few years, as the result of larger class sizes. The numbers are projections from local teacher unions. On March 15, the province announced plans to increase the average high school class size from...
his week the trustees from the Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB) voted to write a letter to Lisa Thompson, the Minister of Education, and Lisa MacLeod, the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services, to address concerns related to the changes to the Ontario Autism Program....