Ontario Education

• Ontario adding 2,600 teacher candidate spaces amid shortage

  The budget tabled last week by Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy contained a brief reference to spending $55.8 million over two years to train those new teachers by 2027.

  Education

  May 23
  
• Ontario education minister blasts TDSB for considering cutting programs

  Toronto District School Board is one of several boards in Ontario the government is currently subjecting to financial scrutiny, with the threat of a takeover.

  Canada

  May 7
  
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• $145K Italy trip ‘symbolic of deeper structural problems’ at Ontario school board: report

  A $145,000 Italy trip by a group of Ontario school trustees is 'symbolic of deeper structural problems' within the school board, a new report finds.

  Politics

  Apr 24
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• Ontario takes control of school board over finances, launches investigations into others

  Newly appointed Education Minister Paul Calandra announced a series of interventions at school boards on Wednesday afternoon.

  Politics

  Apr 23
• Ontario parents, advocates call for more supports for special needs students

  Parents of children with special needs who have run away from school, the Ontario Autism Coalition are calling for more supports to ensure kids' safety.

  Education

  Apr 1
• Ontario education minister meets with YouTube on classroom distractions

  In the spring, the government announced that, instead of participating in a lawsuit against social media companies, it would meet with executives at the companies instead.

  Education

  Nov 19, 2024
• Ontario focusing province-wide school board audits on ‘frivolous’ trip spending

  For weeks, school boards have been under intense scrutiny after overseas trips and an excursion to a Toronto Blue Jays game were charged to taxpayers.

  Education

  Nov 8, 2024
• Ontario school board considers removing garbage bins from classrooms

  After initially issuing a plan to remove garbage clans from classrooms, a Waterloo school board has paused the plan as it will now seek further consultation on the idea.

  Canada

  Oct 29, 2024
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• ‘Cheese slipped off the cracker’: Ford rips Ontario school trustees for Italy trip

  On Friday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford ripped into a group of school trustees under fire for expensing a $145,000 summertime Italy trip.

  Politics

  Oct 25, 2024
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• Donors may foot $100K bill for controversial Italy art, Ontario school trustee claims

  The chair of an Ontario school board under fire for a summertime Italy trip claims several donors are 'very interested' in footing the $100,000 bill for artwork it commissioned.

  Education

  Oct 23, 2024