I find it surprising that at least in #Ontario, there seems to be a growing popularity or at least acceptance of compulsory school attendance. We have some of the most extreme attendance laws in Canada, literally throwing kids in jail.

I have done a chart and believe compulsory school attendance infringes prima facia on many charter rights. To the best of my knowledge, despite commentary in 2006, there has never been a constitutional challenge of such legislation in Ontario.

#onpoli #onted

Son came home today telling me about a class assignment in which he feels pressured by his teacher to use #AI to do a large part of it. And worried that his own work will look "ugly" if he doesn't. He's in grade 6.

So now we're teaching our kids that AI not only can do their thinking for them, but that their own creativity sucks in comparison.

Wrote a long email to the administration that I'm going to sleep on for now because I'm furious & heartbroken.

#CanPoli #OntEd #Education #teaching

the Doug Ford conservatives instituted a must-pass (70%=pass) math test for teacher candidates in 2021 'to boost student math test scores'. new data show that the test discriminates against Black, Francophone, and older teacher candidates.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-teacher-math-test-racial-language-disparities-9.7186745

#OntEd #OnPoli

The Province Wide Day of Action is next week! April 29th wear purple (or red) and show solidarity to education workers and teachers across Ontario. AEFO, ETFO, OECTA, OSBCU and OSSTF are organizing and fighting for education together!

#OntEd #OnPoli #UnionStrong #UnionSolidarity

Just a reminder to Ontario people. There are 22 days left to comment on the so called “Putting Student Achievement First Act” that mentions liability more times than student.
Let Doug and Calandra know how utterly useless this act is in helping student succeed. We need more funding in both education and healthcare.

https://www.regulatoryregistry.gov.on.ca/proposal/53794

#Ontario #OntEd #OnPoli
(Edited to add hashtags)

#OnPoli #OntEd #DougFordMustGo

I was just reading the Ontario news release:

https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1007286/ontario-introduces-legislation-to-hold-school-boards-accountable-and-support-student-achievement#

Without taking issue with the whole document, the subhead did raise my eyebrows. It states "Proposed changes would...direct every dollar into classrooms." This is hyperbolic nonsense. It sounds good, but all kinds of education spending does not go to the classroom. What about the salaries of the supervisors who are helping Calandra cover up constant underfunding of the system, hmm?