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Looks like a lovely way to justify massive cuts to school budgets 🙃
Call me cynical, but I’m not entirely convinced Doug Ford has students’ and educators’ best interests in mind 🤷🏻‍♂️
#OntEd

Doug, we don’t want individual $750 Loblaws cards, we just want proper funding for the school system!
#OntEd

Ontario teachers to get $750 spending accounts for classroom supplies Ontario elementary school teachers will soon have access to a spending account to purchase school supplies.

Well gee whiz this *totally* makes up for the layoffs and the $6.3 Billion budget cut.

#onpoli #onted

Ontario teachers to get $750 spending accounts for classroom supplies www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...

Thought Ford & Calandra took over Peel board to stop job cuts. While everyone is talking about the Island Airport, Ford & Calandra continue the march to private education. Where's the opposition? NDP & Libs are pathetically incompetent. What are they doing? Do they even care? #onpoli #onted

Important story from @krushowy.bsky.social.

“when decisions are being made about our children & their education, they must be made in public, open to public scrutiny"

Students. Parents. Ppl w/disabilities. Ed staff. Must be heard.

#GiftLink 🎁 #OntEd #OnPoli

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This is terrible. The Ford government is splashing out cash to fund tunnels under the 401 and build shiny new convention centres on Toronto's waterfront and is harming the most vulnerable students to help fund it.

#OntEd #OnPoli

Ministry supervision is failing Ontario students: Local ETFO presidents demand transparency, collaboration Local ETFO presidents demand transparency, collaboration

#ETFO MEDIA STATEMENT: Ministry supervision is failing #OntEd students: Local ETFO Presidents demand transparency, collaboration

Decisions made by Ministry-appointed supervisors – behind closed doors – are impacting students & communities. This can’t continue.

www.etfo.ca/news-publica... #OnLab

Thank you always for your careful and thoughtful reporting on all the terrible decisions being forced onto the TDSB in the absence of our trustees. this one in particular is so awful.

It only makes sense if they admit what their actual goals and motives are. It’s fucking heartbreaking and infuriating… idk.

Ford’s government has now removed OUR democratically elected trustees from EIGHT school boards and made things demonstrably worse for students and education workers. We need to keep pushing back!
Resources: linktr.ee/forpublicsch... #onted #handsoffourschools #onpoli

The Province Took Over Ontario’s Biggest School Boards to Fix Their Finances. The Numbers Tell a Different Story | The Local Analysis by The Local shows Ontario’s largest boards receive some of the lowest per-pupil funding in the province—raising questions about whether the real problem is mismanagement or the funding formu...

Analysis by The Local shows Ontario’s largest boards receive the lowest per-pupil funding in the province—raising questions about whether the real problem isn’t mismanagement but the funding formula. @wencyleung.bsky.social's latest from our School Board Takeover series. thelocal.to/ontario-scho...

Major cuts to elementary summer school programming with no consultation and no explanation. These programs are vital and the loss will deepen inequality across the board. We need fully funded, supported public schools. We need our democratically elected trustees. #HandsOffOurSchools #onted #onpoli

Just one of the many reasons we need our trustees. Their job is to protect and advocate for students, including the youngest and most vulnerable. Tell Ford #handsoffoureducation #handsoffourschools
resources: linktr.ee/forpublicsch... #onted #onpoli

Participate in the Day of Action for Public Education! Calling all parents, caregivers, students, educators, and community members who care about public education! Ontario Legislature returns after a 14-week winter break on March 23rd, 2026. Premier, Doug...

It’s that time again! Walk-in* at YOUR SCHOOL for Public Education on MARCH 23rd(ish) to greet Ford’s gov’t as they return from their 14-week holiday Lots of resources in the link!

*or coffee, info table, petition signing whatever works for your community
#onted #onpoli #handsoffourschools

Ontario students need smaller classes, not another EQAO review - CCPA Instead of chasing explanations for low test scores the government should reduce and cap class sizes in Ontario

Ontario students need smaller classes, not another EQAO review. By @ricardotranjan.bsky.social @ccpa-on.bsky.social #onted www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

Join the Ontario Autism Coalition (outside of working hours) on March 23 for a rally at Queen's Park, to make our voices heard as the legislature returns.

Let's champion real investment in our schools and the supports #OntEd students need to succeed.

RSVP: https://bit.ly/4l4AKqn

Why are fewer TDSB schools offering a summer school program in 2026? The TDSB’s elementary literacy and numeracy summer school program will be offered at just 11 schools in 2026, less than half of the number of locations where it was offered last year

Ford and Calandra just keep punching down.

Cutting #OntEd language and math programs for vulnerable students is wrong.

“The program is typically offered at schools in underserved communities and provides opportunities for students who have fallen behind.”

www.torontotoday.ca/local/educat...

Participate in the Day of Action for Public Education! Calling all parents, caregivers, students, educators, and community members who care about public education! Ontario Legislature returns after a 14-week winter break on March 23rd, 2026. Premier, Doug...

It’s that time again! Walk-in* at YOUR SCHOOL for Public Education on MARCH 23rd(ish) to greet Ford’s gov’t as they return from their 14-week holiday Lots of resources in the link!

*or coffee, info table, petition signing whatever works for your community
#onted #onpoli #handsoffourschools

As Ontario takes over school boards, trustees are under scrutiny. What they do and what happens without them? | CBC News CBC News asked education experts, past and current trustees about school board decision-making amid renewed scrutiny of the trustee role.

A good backgrounder on the role of school trustees. Nothing is perfect, but they play a key role in local democracy, accountability and helping parents navigate the system.

“What they do and what happens without them?”
#OntEd

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Chart showing the cumulative education funding gap since 2018. Despite the rising cost of everything since 2020, the education funding gap is over $6 Billion. Local trustees do not have the power to protect a system from that level of underfunding.

#OntEd school boards have been taken over and are still in debt.
It's not a "spending problem".
It's a funding problem.

Local school trustees do not have the power to protect a system from that level of underfunding.

MACLEAN'S article stating Jaime Watt's daughter is Heather Watt.

Ms. Heather Watt has been appointed as supervisor at the PDSB. Ms. Watt is a management consultant with over 20 years of career experience in public and private sector leadership. She has worked in crisis consulting and senior strategy roles across multiple sectors, including government, life sciences, health insurance, pharmacy, consumer products, industrials and private equity.

Heather’s LinkedIn where it’s shown she worked as the Chief Strategy Officer at Navigator

So it turns out that Heather Watt, the Ford crony supervisor appointed to run the Peel District School Board is the daughter of Jaime Watt, founder of Navigator. Who better to help Education Minister Calandra navigate the useful crisis of his own creation? #topoli #Onpoli #onted

Chart showing 6.35 billion dollars in underfunding in Ontario education since 2018

#OntEd school boards have been taken over and are still in debt.

It’s not a “spending problem”.

It’s a funding problem.

We need to invest in public education.

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If Ontario has money to build Ford Island then we have money to provide non-verbal students who elope with 1:1 Educational Assistant support to keep them safe.

#OntEd

It’s Fone Ford Friday, pass it on! Did you know your ONE phone call is gauged as the opinions of up to 100 people for a politician? OUR VOICES MATTER!!! #onted #onpoli #handsoffoureducation #saveOSAP

Ontario takes control of York Catholic school board, keeps Peel under supervision | CBC News York Catholic District School Board is now the eighth board under provincial supervision due to what Education Minister Paul Calandra calls significant governance issues.

Two more $350,000 a year jobs for Ontario PC insiders!

#OntEd

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Ontario seizes control of York Catholic school board, keeps Peel public under supervision, but choice of supervisors criticized — Toronto Star A record eight boards in the province have now been placed under supervision.

“In the GTA, half of all boards are now under provincial control. Peel chair David Green called the takeover of his board "ludicrous."”

#OntEd
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For more information on this story that would be getting much more attention if not for the state of the world, @wencyleung.bsky.social wrote an excellent story earlier this week.

#OntEd #OnPoli

The Province Took Over Ontario’s Biggest School Boards to Fix Their Finances. The Numbers Tell a Different Story | The Local Analysis by The Local shows Ontario’s largest boards receive some of the lowest per-pupil funding in the province—raising questions about whether the real problem is mismanagement or the funding formu...

The #Ontario government has repeatedly emphasized that it is making record-breaking investments in public education...but...school boards, on average, received $260 less per student in 2024/25 than they did in 2018/19, according to @policyalternatives.ca. #onted thelocal.to/ontario-scho...

TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! TAKE ACTION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION Join parents, caregivers, students, education workers and communities across Ontario to defend our publicly funded education! FIND YOUR NEXT ACTION TODAY ON THE ONTARIO ACTION MAP! For more information on the map contact forpublicschoolsegmail.com

Take Action for Public Education in Ontario!
Find an event on the map, add your event, and find resources to plan your own action! Find it all here:
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#onted #onpoli

Doug Ford government tasks think-tank experts with reviewing EQAO The head of C.D. Howe institute and an economics professor will lead the review after results in literacy and numeracy stalled last year.

I'm sometimes asked if the Ford Government has a hidden agenda to privatize education. I always answer no, because it's not all that hidden.

#OntEd

www.thestar.com/news/ontario...