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  • ETFO takes action on violence in our schools

    Our provincial union has heard from locals across the province that teachers are too often victims of violence and has started a multi-year campaign to address the issue. Boards.

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  • OPSBA Changes its Mind about Random Testing

    The time, effort and money spent on the EQAO testing as long been decried as a meaningless waste by ETFO and other education stakeholders. Regular assessment by classroom teachers.

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  • Shannon Prince hopes resource will lead to Black history being studied beyond February

    Public school elementary teachers now have an extensive resource to incorporate more of Canada’s rich Black history into their classroom lessons. The recently release 365 ETFO (Elementary Teachers’ Federation.

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  • Provincial teacher union says 70 per cent of members have experienced violence

    The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) says 70 per cent of its provincial membership has experienced or witnessed violence in schools. That revelation comes from an ETFO-sponsored survey.

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  • ‘We’re at a crisis’: Upper Grand’s ETFO local president on violence in classrooms

    A report from the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) suggests staff are facing more incidents of violence on the job and it said the problem is getting worse..

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