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These downloadable and print-ready resources were created to help you as you organize for public education. Feel free to print and share any of these resources. Thank you for your involvement.
We couldn’t do it without you! If there is something that you need, but you don’t see it, email us at campaign@buildingbetterschools.ca.
Join public elementary educators, in partnership with parents and community organizations, to stand up for students. Together we can push back to tell the Conservatives to make children a priority by funding public education.
The Ford Conservative government has claimed that it has made an investment in public education, but that is false.
No matter how the Minister of Education or Premier spin things, there are cuts to public education.
Ontario’s public education system and students need investment, not cuts. It is time for the government to make children a priority. You can help make a difference.
Elementary educators have completed their evaluation.
It’s clear that this government and its agenda of cuts deserves a failing grade.
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Cindy Blackstock explains why all of us should be activists for children and stand up for Indigenous kids to ensure quality education for all! Watch her talk about her dream.
"When you start to increase the number of students in a classroom, when you start to decrease the number of educational assistants or Designated Early Childhood Educators, you are tearing away at the very fabric of public education. The people who will be most affected, the people who will be hurt the most are students in the system, particularly marginalized and vulnerable students. We need to stand together to protect publicly-funded education, but particularly we need to stand up for the students who are in publicly-funded education," says ETFO President Sam Hammond.
"By investing and putting resources in the public education system, we are investing in the most valuable resources of our society. The future generations. The schools belong to all of us. And it’s up to all of us to make sure the public education system continues to be a thriving space for our communities and our children," says Winnie Ng in this powerful video.
Ontario has one of the best public education systems in the world. But the funding cuts the Ford government is proposing will have long-term negative consequences for students.
As parents, educators, front-line workers, education stakeholders’ and as concerned residents in Ontario, we strongly urge the government to rethink its rash decision-making on the Ontario Autism Program and put the needs of children with autism first.
Ontario’s model for Full-Day Kindergarten (FDK), which includes a teacher and designated early childhood educator (DECE), is based on international research and created by experts, educators and partners in the field. With its play-based learning foundation, it has been shown to provide lasting benefits for children’s reading, writing, numeracy, self-regulation and social skills. It is an investment in human potential and a long-term vision for children.
There have been decades of debate and much research on the effects of class size on student learning; however most educators and researchers agree that class size matters. A number of Canadian and international studies have shown that smaller class size has a strong impact on student achievement and narrows the achievement gap for those with specialized needs. (See ‘Class Size Matters’ below.) Detractors point to some studies that may have shown different results because of the way the studies measured success.