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Proud mother, teacher, active ETFO & GEETF member. she/her Tweets are my own.

[Marit Stiles @MaritStiles]

Ontario schools are overcrowded, understaffed and falling apart — but Paul Calandra’s big idea is to threaten kids’ marks for going to a tournament or performing on stage.

Stop picking fights with students and start fixing the schools your government has spent years neglecting.

[Mark Robinson @StormhunterTWN]

This is having a big effect on Ontario forecasting as well

[Elementary Educators @ETFOeducators]

On the Classroom Supplies Fund, @etfopresident David Mastin told the Toronto Star, “These types of announcements ... are gradually trying to shift the public’s perception about what teachers do. It’s all part of a very, very strategic project that this government has to reduce the public’s trust in these highly trained, amazing professionals.”

President Mastin said school boards and even individual schools are equipped to administer supply programs, but only if they’re provided the proper funding. “Just give the money to school boards so they can fund everything. Not just consumables, but special education supports, smaller class sizes, more EAs, more child and youth workers. These are where the difference makers lie in public education.” #onted #onpoli

FULL STORY: https://t.co/5NoCnSUPy5

[Wayne Gates @Wayne_Gates]

Misleading teachers and parents in this way is a new low.

That's saying a lot about a minister who cut & underspent HUNDREDS of MILLIONS last year.

Ontario deserves a world-class education system.

This isn't it. #onpoli

[Jamie Mitchell @realJ_Mitchell]

If I’m understanding this properly the $750 for #OntEd elementary teachers is…a bit of a scam.
$450 is funding from the government. $300 is being taken directly from school budgets.
Per teacher.
And the vendor is TBD.

[Tina Yazdani @TinaYazdani]

“Committees still sit,” Premier Ford said this week, defending the record-long summer break at Queen's Park.

But PC MPPs are now trying to cancel all summer meetings of the committee that reviews government appointments, calling it "routine" scheduling: https://t.co/LrItfUDO5S

[Elementary Educators @ETFOeducators]

“Ontario students deserve classrooms that are fully resourced, safe, and supported. Bargaining is one of the most powerful tools we have to make this happen,” said @etfopresident. #onted #onpoli

https://t.co/3oLKlRmQgh

[Tina Yazdani @TinaYazdani]

NEW: Ontario’s education unions are officially serving notice to bargain today.

Among their demands:

• smaller class sizes (capped at 24 students for grades 4-8, and 26 for kindergarten)

• ending mandatory e-learning for high school students

• spec ed investments

[Tina Yazdani @TinaYazdani]

“It's making things harder for parents in Ontario for no reason.”

Peel is the latest school board hit by a Ford govt directive blocking livestreams or recordings of special education meetings. Critics call it a huge loss in access for vulnerable families https://t.co/YJcwg3tf9S

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

Just a reminder.

School boards across Ontario are making huge cuts to staff and programs right now.

Not because they hate kids.

Because Doug Ford has stripped away their funding over the past 8 years.

Put the blame where it belongs.

#OntEd

[Elementary Educators @ETFOeducators]

"While the province has chosen to increase the declining enrolment adjustment allocation, this targeted boost does nothing to address the chronic underfunding that boards face across the system," said @ETFOpresident David Mastin. "This level of underfunding will lead to fewer educators and caring adults in schools, and it will not improve learning conditions for students who remain in classrooms with inadequate supports."

Ford government boosts core education funding but critics call increase 'inadequate' #onted #onpoli
https://t.co/XKS3Vxddiw via @torontostar

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

The Auditor General’s report has echoed educator concerns. Ontario school boards are spending almost $400 million more than they receive from the Ministry for special education every year. Cuts to essential staff and programs supporting children with disabilities are the norm.

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

The auditor general has shown the public what teachers have been trying to communicate for years:

The special education funding model in #OntEd is broken.

Student safety and learning are at risk.

Our kids deserve so much better.

https://t.co/DfOnVWKxqe

[Marit Stiles @MaritStiles]

Freedom of the press is vital to a functioning and informed democracy. Around the world today, journalism and journalists are under attack, both politically and violently.

Journalists are the truth tellers, and when they are targeted in wars it is often because the perpetrators of violence want silence, complacency, and secrecy.

Here in Ontario, the Ford government has deliberately and legislatively eroded the freedom of the press through their FOI changes and the Premier’s reluctance to face scrutiny.

On World Press Freedom Day we stand with the brave journalists around the globe who risk and commit their lives to the pursuit of truth and transparency.

[Jill Promoli @jillpromoli]

Doug Ford's Education Minister is upset about teachers wearing red t-shirts in support of public education.

I'm upset about the cost of underfunding education for Ontario's kids in our publicly funded schools, including mine. Thanks to all fighting for our kids.

#onted #onpoli

[Bev 🇨🇦 @Garnet_2203]

Doug Ford is manufacturing a crisis in our schools.

Unions want early negotiations. A deal before September.
Ford and Paul Calandra? Stalling.

Why?
Because a strike lets them turn parents against educators.

Let’s be clear:
Education workers are not the problem.

He’s underfunded public education for years.
He’s underfunded public healthcare for years.
Now he’s trying to break both.

We didn’t ask for a Thermëa spa.
We didn’t need the Ontario Science Centre shut down.
We didn’t need the Greenbelt opened up.
We don’t need a billion-dollar tunnel under the 401.

But here we are.

This isn’t incompetence.
It’s deliberate.

[Elementary Educators @ETFOeducators]

In the ETFO provincial office members and staff join together for the Day Action. We are #OntEdUnited to fight for public education. #onpoli

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

My students who are stuck on long wait lists for Autism support with no help in sight are more important than:

-landing more jets in Toronto
-an Austrian spa
-a new Science Center
-a new jet
-rebate cheques before an election
-accelerated expanded alcohol sales

Keep it going.

[Marit Stiles @MaritStiles]

Teachers know it. Education workers know it. Students know it and parents for sure know it.

Our education system is facing mounting pressures and Doug Ford isn’t doing a thing about it. Today 255,000+ education workers are wearing red to show their support for investments in publicly funded education, from elementary to university classrooms.

Thank you to all the workers taking a stand today and everyday, for your students.

[Elementary Educators @ETFOeducators]

When asked by @CityNewsTO's @McAllister_Mark if we expect anything from the government at this point, #ETFO First Vice-President @ShirleyBell8 said, "No. (These hearings) are performative. This government is pushing through a bill that's about running school boards as businesses."

Shame. #Bill101 #onted

https://t.co/RQT9l0YTr5