Tara Truscott

Book IG: Mom, Teacher-Librarian, ELL Teacher, reader, dog mom, dance mom, speed skating mom. Formerly @taratrus on Twitter

[Tara Truscott @trusreads]

@JBradshaw01 And the government penalizes school boards (and our kids) with a reduction in $ if we don’t shuffle kids like this. And then once the magic day is passed, classes can be any size.

[Tara Truscott @trusreads]

@JBradshaw01 Elementary re-organization can mean moving 1 student out of a class and into another because politicians want to say 90% (or 95%) of grade 1-3 classes have 20 or fewer students. Which means classes of 20, 20, 23 is preferred over 21, 21, 21.

[Tara Truscott @trusreads]

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@mgauthorcade @ihaveabook4that

[Tara Truscott @trusreads]

@joxley Hope you enjoyed a Happy Emancipation Day yesterday.

[Tara Truscott @trusreads]

@joxley It makes sense that we can acknowledge and commemorate people and events that impact Canada even those from before Condederation. Pre-European contact history, things that led up to Confederation including The Act to Limit Slavery in Upper Canada 1793 and Emancipation 1834

[Tara Truscott @trusreads]

@joxley Weird take - what about other people and events that we commemorate from before Confederation …. Victoria Day … English Queen dead before confederation … Civic holiday Monday in Ontario is Simcoe Day - Simcoe was an Upper Canada L-G (pre-confed).

[Tara Truscott @trusreads]

@JBradshaw01 In most of the states, the curriculum refers to a purchased program / set of resources. And often teachers are required to follow “with fidelity” which means all the scripts. Their equivalent to our curriculum is called the standards.

[Tara Truscott @trusreads]

@OttawaDaddy @Fix_Our_Schools @calphonso @metromorning @mattgallowaycbc This government is purposely underfunding health care and education with goals to increase privatization so some donors can make $. Funding needs to be increased. Salary increases were just awarded by arbitration (some because of illegal contracts by this government).

[Ricardo Tranjan @ricardo_tranjan]

Ontario has cut 5,000 classroom positions since 2018. Yes, cell phones are a distraction. The real problem is the underfunding of public schools. #onted #onpoli.

How many positions has your school board lost? See the board-by-board breakdown below.
https://t.co/Upr4qUDC6j

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

Article that lists the slashes to funding for each school district in #OntEd: https://t.co/78PZiFOXON

Our kids deserve better.

[Tara Truscott @trusreads]

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[Sam Subity @sjsubity]

📚📚GIVEAWAY!! 📚📚
#TeachersofTwitter and #Librarians! I'd love to brighten your spring with a magical OwlCrate Jr box containing my book + tons of bookish goodies to share with your students! May I send you one? Just RT/F and tag a friend to enter!! US/CAN/UK

[Tara Truscott @trusreads]

@JBradshaw01 ETFO went for a mix. Negotiated some things and then agreed to arbitration just for salary.

[Simon Kids @SimonKIDS]

This #SundayShelfie we're featuring @trusreads' shelf from IG with the fantastic #Stuntboy series by @jasonreynolds83 and Raúl the Third! Have your kids read these fantastic novels yet?

#ChildrensBooks #MiddleGradeBooks #KidLit #ChildrensIllustrations #KidsBooks #KidsBookstagram

[Tara Truscott @trusreads]

@SimonKIDS @JasonReynolds83 Thank you! So many feelings in these.

[Josh Funk @joshfunkbooks]

Teachers, librarians, educators, parents, & readers! It’s time for another #giveaway! I need to find these 12 graphic novels a new home!

Follow, ❤️, and RT/QT or Comment+Tag a friend to enter for a chance to add these great books to your collection! Winner selected 3/11.

[Jason Bradshaw 🇨🇦🇧🇧 @JBradshaw01]

Why is the media hanging on Minister Lecce’s every word about an eclipse and not questioning him every day about:
- cuts to per student funding
- teacher shortages
- increased violence in schools
- youth mental health
etc?
#OntEd

[Muna Kadri @munakadri]

Hi #onted,

The devil is in the details and the details are they are looking at uncertified teachers "teaching" classes.

This is not good for public education and in turn our students.