Ontario Education

• Ford government could keep school boards under supervision for ‘years’

  Education Minister Paul Calandra has put eight school boards under supervision over the past year, sidelining trustees at some of the province's largest school boards.

  Education

  Mar 11
  
• Ontario elementary school teachers getting $750 spending accounts for supplies

  Beginning in September, teachers will be able to use the money to buy writing supplies, calculators, chalk, art, crafts and tissues, among other classroom supplies. 

  Education

  Mar 11
  
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• Trustee says they were ‘fully cut off’ from information on Ford government takeover

  The Ford government confirmed that the Peel District School Board would be under provincial supervision, a move that has sidelined trustees and replaced them with an appointee.

  Politics

  Mar 6
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• Ford government names advisers for potential EQAO test overhaul

  Education Minister Paul Calandra released testing data at the end of last year after sitting on it for weeks to consider scores he acknowledged were 'not good enough.'

  Canada

  Mar 4
• Ontario teacher, education worker unions call for contract talks to start early

  Contracts for Ontario's teachers and education workers expire this summer and their union leaders are calling on the education minister to start the bargaining process early.

  Politics

  Mar 2
• Ontario school boards urge open conversation about future of trustees

  The Ontario Public School Board Association said it's listening to public comments made by Doug Ford about whether he wants to eliminate trustees, without receiving official word.

  Education

  Feb 25
• Ford government still ‘discussing’ whether or not to abolish trustees

  Speculation has percolated about the future of trustees for close to a year as Education Minister Paul Calandra embarks on a mission to reform how school boards operate.

  Education

  Feb 24
• ‘It’s not a freebie’: Ford government defends OSAP changes as opposition continues

  Premier Doug Ford said OSAP "is not a freebie anymore" and that "money doesn't grow on trees" as opposition to his student loan changes continues to bubble.

  Politics

  Feb 23
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• Ontario government directs schools to let students watch Team Canada matches

  Doug Ford announced the idea in a social media post on Wednesday evening, saying he had told Education Minister Paul Calandra to work out how schools could make it possible.

  Canada

  Feb 19
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• Peel school board supervision a ‘smokescreen’ for underfunding, chair says

  Paul Calandra announced Wednesday that he was putting Peel District School Board under supervision due to a plan to lay off 60 teachers and repeated budget deficits.

  Education

  Jan 30