The #RedforEd teachers movement has gone international. Elementary public school teachers in Toronto, Canada and other locations in Ontario held walk-in protests at elementary schools throughout the province on Thursday…
More than 100,000 students participated in a province-wide walkout on April 4, and on April 6, around 10,000 teachers, students and parents showed up to protest at Queen’s Park. They were all rallying against Premier Doug…
TORONTO — Ontario’s largest school board has to account for a $28.7 million shortfall next year because of the province’s changes to education funding, according to a document presented to…
Ontario’s largest teachers’ union is asking a court to stop the provincial government from forcing educators to use a 20-year-old sex-education curriculum and to cancel a “snitch line” for parents…
TORONTO – A union representing Ontario’s elementary school teachers is calling on its members to continue to teach a modernized sex-ed curriculum despite the provincial government’s decision to revert back…
The union that represents Ontario elementary public school teachers vowed to “vigorously defend” any educator who uses the modernized sex-ed curriculum in the classroom this school year in defiance of…
Ontario’s deputy premier is “aiding and abetting” Doug Ford’s “dangerous” plan to send sexual education back into the closet, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath says. Horwath made the charge in question…
School boards will be given resources to teach the old sex-ed curriculum the province expects them to use this fall, says Education Minister Lisa Thompson. Created in 1998, and in…
Ontario’s Education Minister Lisa Thompson spoke to reporters for the first time in two weeks on Monday, but said nothing to dispel the confusion surrounding the province’s plan to revert to…
A librarian at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto has compiled a list of Indigenous education content available. The resource compilation is a response…
Advocates opposed to the Progressive Conservative government’s repeal of the province’s updated sex-ed curriculum are to hold a news conference today in Toronto. The government said Wednesday that schools would…
Ontario‘s Ministry of Education is facing significant criticism for scrapping curriculum development sessions aimed at revising what students learn and a key component involves truth and reconciliation. “I personally find…
A last-minute cancellation of curriculum writing sessions aimed at introducing more Indigenous knowledge and history into Ontario classrooms, in response to Truth and Reconciliation Commission calls to action, has been met with disappointment and…
The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario has released an updated version of its “Building Better Schools” education agenda outlining what needs to be done to meet the educational needs of…
TORONTO, ON – Apr 13 2018 — The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) and the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) are filing unfair labour practice complaints with the Ontario…
Witnessing violent incidents in the classroom could be having a negative impact your child’s education. It was the topic of discussion at the first violence in schools symposium hosted by…
A longtime union leader, community activist and supporter of many local causes has died. Debi Wells, who was president of the Limestone chapter of the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario…
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 need…
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 gives…
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 of…