The Masked School Library Tech1d ago

The big 5 Education unions sent notice to bargain today and had a joint press conference. It is a positive start of hopefully a much closer relationship between them this round of bargaining.
Read the statement here:
https://osbcu.ca/2026/06/03/6837/

#Union #UnionStrong #CUPE #OntEd #OnPoli #Ontario

Ontario’s Education Unions Serve Notice to Bargain - Ontario School Board Council of Unions

Together, our unions represent more than 255,000 teachers and education workers across Ontario. United in our commitment to publicly funded education, we are prepared to engage in meaningful negotiations focused on supporting students and strengthening learning and working conditions in schools across the province.

Ontario School Board Council of Unions
My IRL friends call me ChrisMay 25
“There has been an ongoing rejection of it, because it's understood widely to not meet the needs of all students, & it is viewed as a way of functioning to cut costs to the education system,” [Farhadi] said, explaining virtual classes ...require less funding than in-person classes." #OnPoli #OntEd

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Peter Beens  May 25
Personnel enseignant #OntEd : joignez-vous gratuitement à ce webinaire du Centre des sciences de l’Ontario sur les compétences transférables, la pensée informatique et le nouveau cours #ICD2O. Sujets : pensée informatique, analyse de données et littératie numérique.
https://www.centredessciencesontario.ca/ecoles/ressources-en-enseignement/formation-professionnelle/mise-en-%C5%93uvre-des-competences-transferables-et-de-la-pensee-informatique-dans-le-cadre-du-cours-icd2o
Mise en œuvre des compétences transférables et de la pensée informatique dans le cadre du cours ICD2O

Joignez-vous à nous pour un webinaire dirigé par des enseignants afin d’en apprendre davantage sur les ressources pour le cours ICD2O de 10e année.  

Peter Beens  May 25
#OntEd educators: Join this free Ontario Science Centre webinar on transferable skills, computational thinking, and the new #ICD2O course. Topics include computational thinking, data analysis, and digital literacy.
https://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/teachers-plus-students/teacher-resources/professional-learning-resources/implementing-transferable-skills-and-computational-thinking-in-icd2o
Implementing Transferable Skills and Computational Thinking in ICD2O

Join us for this teacher PD webinar focused on play-based learning in the Kindergarten classroom.

The Masked School Library TechMay 22
Paul Calandra is swanning around London (UK) visiting schools saying how important everything is... on posts that won't allow for replies. I guess he doesn't want us to remind him how much he's underfunding education in Ontario while he spends lots of money in London.
#OntEd #Ontario #OnPoli
The Masked School Library TechMay 22
New lawn sign. Will look even better once my Iris and other flowers come out.
#UnionStrong #OntEd
Peter Beens  May 13
I've added an analysis page related to the reduction of Teacher Education in Ontario from two years to one year. If anyone has any research material related to this, I'd love to be able to add it to the analysis. #OntEd
https://peter.beens.ca/education-analysis/teacher-training.html
teacher-training – Ontario Education Policy Analysis

FredMay 6

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

Sherri W (SyntaxSeed)May 6

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

A-Dub 🥝May 4

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

Data show racial, language disparities in mandatory Ontario teacher math test | CBC News

Results of a math test teacher candidates in Ontario must pass in order to be certified show striking disparities across language, age and racial groups, the province's teachers' federation says.

CBC