"In reality, it’s a power-grab — and another step toward centralizing authority in order to sideline communities, parents and students." #OnEdu #onpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Do you care about democracy? Then you should care about threats to elected school boards in Canada
Ontario is the latest province to send out the corrosive message that democratic oversight just isn't worth the trouble.
www.thestar.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
"In reality, it’s a power-grab — and another step toward centralizing authority in order to sideline communities, parents and students." #OnEdu #onpoli www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
“We need change, but we need that change to be funding & investments in our schools, not shutting out community & local voices; not taking away transparency & accountability"
Today'S Farmer todaysfarmer.ca/news/local-n... #OnEdu #Onpoli
Today'S Farmer todaysfarmer.ca/news/local-n... #OnEdu #Onpoli
Push back on Ontario threats to end school board elections: NDP critic
Opposition MPP Chandra Pasma issued the call at a Wednesday evening town hall in Sarnia
todaysfarmer.ca
March 6, 2026 at 2:55 PM
“We need change, but we need that change to be funding & investments in our schools, not shutting out community & local voices; not taking away transparency & accountability"
Today'S Farmer todaysfarmer.ca/news/local-n... #OnEdu #Onpoli
Today'S Farmer todaysfarmer.ca/news/local-n... #OnEdu #Onpoli
Ontario Educators 👀 #OnEdu
"Since Premier Doug Ford came to power in 2018, school board funding has dropped a stunning $1,500 per student, on average, when adjusted for inflation."
📈 class sizes & introduction of mandatory online courses resulted in Ontario having 5,000 fewer teachers.
"Since Premier Doug Ford came to power in 2018, school board funding has dropped a stunning $1,500 per student, on average, when adjusted for inflation."
📈 class sizes & introduction of mandatory online courses resulted in Ontario having 5,000 fewer teachers.
Ontario is asking education workers to do more with less and blaming them for the consequences of funding cuts. Parents need to pick a side. My latest for the @torontostar.bsky.social
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
In my next teacher-parent meeting, my focus will be the teacher. Here’s why
I wonder how my kid’s teacher is coping with the repeated funding cuts, increased demands on schools, and public attacks from our own provincial government?
www.thestar.com
December 8, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Ontario Educators 👀 #OnEdu
"Since Premier Doug Ford came to power in 2018, school board funding has dropped a stunning $1,500 per student, on average, when adjusted for inflation."
📈 class sizes & introduction of mandatory online courses resulted in Ontario having 5,000 fewer teachers.
"Since Premier Doug Ford came to power in 2018, school board funding has dropped a stunning $1,500 per student, on average, when adjusted for inflation."
📈 class sizes & introduction of mandatory online courses resulted in Ontario having 5,000 fewer teachers.
TODAY is the last day to share your experiences and thoughts related to air quality in schools and on school buses in Ontario!
Your stories will help people to better understand the real human toll behind the school absence data that we obtained via FOI requests. #OntEd #ONedu #OnPoli
Your stories will help people to better understand the real human toll behind the school absence data that we obtained via FOI requests. #OntEd #ONedu #OnPoli
If you haven’t completed the survey yet and would like to share your experiences about air quality in #ontEd schools and on school buses, there’s still time!
You have until midnight tonight (Jan 6)!
You have until midnight tonight (Jan 6)!
January 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Join us at the Fight Ford Rally on August 29 1pm, in Victoria Park, London, ON #ldnont at the corner of Central and Richmond. The focus this time is on Ford's failures in education #onpoli #onedu #onlab @osstf.bsky.social @cupescfp.bsky.social @etfoeducators.bsky.social @opseusefpo.bsky.social
August 13, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Join us at the Fight Ford Rally on August 29 1pm, in Victoria Park, London, ON #ldnont at the corner of Central and Richmond. The focus this time is on Ford's failures in education #onpoli #onedu #onlab @osstf.bsky.social @cupescfp.bsky.social @etfoeducators.bsky.social @opseusefpo.bsky.social
Local Government Week (LGW) aims to increase youth and public awareness about the important role local government plays in our communities. Please join OPSBA, our member trustees and our education partners in raising civic awareness and promoting the role of trustees among Ontario students. #OnEdu
October 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Local Government Week (LGW) aims to increase youth and public awareness about the important role local government plays in our communities. Please join OPSBA, our member trustees and our education partners in raising civic awareness and promoting the role of trustees among Ontario students. #OnEdu
After Nova Scotia eliminated school boards in 2018, enhanced parent councils to oversee schools never functioned as planned, according to Sachin Maharaj, an assistant professor of education at the University of Ottawa. www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1... #onedu
Eliminating trustees would leave schools 'at the whims of Toronto'
www.cbc.ca
August 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
After Nova Scotia eliminated school boards in 2018, enhanced parent councils to oversee schools never functioned as planned, according to Sachin Maharaj, an assistant professor of education at the University of Ottawa. www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1... #onedu
Rules for thee, but not for me…
Education minister faces questions over $1.7K in Queen’s Park restaurant bills. 💰
globalnews.ca/news/1145119... #OnEdu
Education minister faces questions over $1.7K in Queen’s Park restaurant bills. 💰
globalnews.ca/news/1145119... #OnEdu
Education minister faces questions over $1.7K in Queen’s Park restaurant bills | Globalnews.ca
Ontario's education minister is facing scrutiny of his expenses, after his office declined to release details of the money he has spent on restaurant meals.
globalnews.ca
March 15, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Rules for thee, but not for me…
Education minister faces questions over $1.7K in Queen’s Park restaurant bills. 💰
globalnews.ca/news/1145119... #OnEdu
Education minister faces questions over $1.7K in Queen’s Park restaurant bills. 💰
globalnews.ca/news/1145119... #OnEdu
“There is no question in my mind that provincial supervision imposed on the TDSB was purely political,” Laskin writes. “Healthy democracies do not respond to challenges by weakening representation. #OnEdu 1/2
thecjn.ca/news/two-jew...
thecjn.ca/news/two-jew...
Two Jewish trustees reflect on their time on the Toronto District School Board
Stacey Cline is the only Jewish incumbent seeking re-election to the TDSB in this year’s municipal election.
thecjn.ca
September 10, 2026 at 3:53 PM
“There is no question in my mind that provincial supervision imposed on the TDSB was purely political,” Laskin writes. “Healthy democracies do not respond to challenges by weakening representation. #OnEdu 1/2
thecjn.ca/news/two-jew...
thecjn.ca/news/two-jew...
"City council has passed a resolution asking for a full-scale, transparent, and province-wide consultation on school board governance models" Kenora city council #OnEdu #onpoli
yourkenora.ca/kenora-counc...
yourkenora.ca/kenora-counc...
Kenora council drafts resolution regarding school boards - Your Kenora
The province has announced wide-spread changes that will affect the governance of local school boards.
yourkenora.ca
April 21, 2026 at 12:47 PM
"City council has passed a resolution asking for a full-scale, transparent, and province-wide consultation on school board governance models" Kenora city council #OnEdu #onpoli
yourkenora.ca/kenora-counc...
yourkenora.ca/kenora-counc...
"Especially when the province’s own recent report on the TDSB, by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, found that there had been no wrongdoing, no lack of financial oversight and no self-inflicted reputational damage on the part of the board" #ONEdu #Onpoli
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Doug Ford’s special brand of arbitrary government is on full display in his TDSB takeover
Ontario school boards face severe economic challenges, most of which flow from decisions made by the province.
www.thestar.com
July 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"Especially when the province’s own recent report on the TDSB, by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, found that there had been no wrongdoing, no lack of financial oversight and no self-inflicted reputational damage on the part of the board" #ONEdu #Onpoli
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
"One last thought. Trustees can be incompetent and infuriating but most are not. There are 72 school boards in Ontario, the vast majority of which appear to be functioning properly. Do you cut down the whole tree because of some rotten branches?" nationalpost.com/opinion/rand... #OnEdu #onpoli
Randall Denley: Ontario's education minister scorns the system but finds no fixes
Calandra has raised serious doubts about school trustees, the curriculum, standardized tests, and the level of student achievement.
nationalpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"One last thought. Trustees can be incompetent and infuriating but most are not. There are 72 school boards in Ontario, the vast majority of which appear to be functioning properly. Do you cut down the whole tree because of some rotten branches?" nationalpost.com/opinion/rand... #OnEdu #onpoli
"Ontarians know that the biggest problem for education is provincial underfunding; the cuts that hurt students, schools and education workers aren’t the fault of local and accountable school boards trustees" #onpoli #OnEdu torontosun.com/pmn/business...
Not fooled by Conservatives' scapegoating school boards, Ontarians blame Ford's underfunding for school cuts: poll
TORONTO — Just weeks after students returned to class and a month since Education Minister Paul Calandra began his scapegoat-the-school-boards media blitz, a new p…
torontosun.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"Ontarians know that the biggest problem for education is provincial underfunding; the cuts that hurt students, schools and education workers aren’t the fault of local and accountable school boards trustees" #onpoli #OnEdu torontosun.com/pmn/business...
Mastin said school boards and even individual schools are equipped to administer supply programs, but only if they’re provided the proper funding. #OnEdu
www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...
www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...
Gift-redeem
www.thestar.com
June 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Mastin said school boards and even individual schools are equipped to administer supply programs, but only if they’re provided the proper funding. #OnEdu
www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...
www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?...
"Local decisions are best made informed by local circumstances and parent and community perspectives, not from Queen’s Park, where broader educational policy is decided" #OnEdu #Onpoli www.cambridgetoday.ca/local-news/o...
OPINION: Renewal of school boards needed, not removal of trustees
Four former directors of education argue that instead of eliminating school trustees, a review of the mandate and operations of school boards ‘could be beneficial’
www.cambridgetoday.ca
October 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"Local decisions are best made informed by local circumstances and parent and community perspectives, not from Queen’s Park, where broader educational policy is decided" #OnEdu #Onpoli www.cambridgetoday.ca/local-news/o...
After 27 snow days last year of no busses, BluewaterDSB introduced online learning and also new learning on "snow days". Busses may not run but learning continues theweathernetwork.com/en/video/1kI... #Onedu #Trustees
After 27 snow days last winter, Ontario school board rethinks approach - The Weather Network
See how record-breaking winter weather is forcing school boards to innovate. Faced with an unusual number of closures, the Bluewater District School Board is shifting its approach when the snow starts...
theweathernetwork.com
January 5, 2026 at 5:32 PM
After 27 snow days last year of no busses, BluewaterDSB introduced online learning and also new learning on "snow days". Busses may not run but learning continues theweathernetwork.com/en/video/1kI... #Onedu #Trustees
.... rare instances of fiscal mismanagement at the board level to give the impression of a crisis. What most educators will tell you is that the crisis is with a drastic underfunding of schools ... not on governance issues at the school board level #OnEdu www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n...
UPDATED: Catholic trustee under fire for not repaying expenses for trip to Italy has resigned from school board
UPDATED: Catholic trustee under fire for not repaying expenses for trip to Italy has resigned from school board
www.brantfordexpositor.ca
October 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
.... rare instances of fiscal mismanagement at the board level to give the impression of a crisis. What most educators will tell you is that the crisis is with a drastic underfunding of schools ... not on governance issues at the school board level #OnEdu www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-n...
“School boards applaud the agreement reached between the federal and provincial government, marking a historic commitment of $108.5 million in new federal funds in support of student nutrition programs in Ontario." #OnEdu #EduSky www.opsba.org/opsba_news/o...
OPSBA Statement on the Canada-Ontario National School Food Program Agreement - OPSBA
Toronto, November 22, 2024 – “School boards applaud the agreement reached between the federal and provincial government, marking a historic commitment of $108.5 million in new federal funds in support...
www.opsba.org
November 25, 2024 at 4:17 PM
“School boards applaud the agreement reached between the federal and provincial government, marking a historic commitment of $108.5 million in new federal funds in support of student nutrition programs in Ontario." #OnEdu #EduSky www.opsba.org/opsba_news/o...
“The potential move by the provincial government to eliminate English public school trustees should deeply concern parents and community members,” said Vice-Chair Johnstone.“ sarnianewstoday.ca/midwestern/n... #OnEdu
Bluewater school board requests review of potential provincial plan to eliminate trustees
Trustees with the Bluewater District School Board are voicing opposition to a potential provincial move that could see English public school trustees removed across Ontario.
sarnianewstoday.ca
February 24, 2026 at 2:25 PM
“The potential move by the provincial government to eliminate English public school trustees should deeply concern parents and community members,” said Vice-Chair Johnstone.“ sarnianewstoday.ca/midwestern/n... #OnEdu
Funding crisis leads to a circular argument: “What we find frustrating is when structural underfunding contributes to measurable challenges, those challenges are presented as proof that the education system is inherently broken" #OnEdu
Hanna Herald hannaherald.com/news/canada/...
Hanna Herald hannaherald.com/news/canada/...
Ontario education minister aiming for uniformity and safety in schools but parents group points to deeper crisis
A parents group says paper reports cards are not a priority when teachers are burning out at alarming rates.
hannaherald.com
March 5, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Funding crisis leads to a circular argument: “What we find frustrating is when structural underfunding contributes to measurable challenges, those challenges are presented as proof that the education system is inherently broken" #OnEdu
Hanna Herald hannaherald.com/news/canada/...
Hanna Herald hannaherald.com/news/canada/...
New Blog Post!
Fire-sale Ontario: Ontario's College System Is on the Auction Block.
Ontario is side-stepping pub. ed and funding private companies w/ public cash; the result is an artificially created crisis in the college system.
#onpoli #onedu #canada
thegroundbreaker.ca/2025/09/10/f...
Fire-sale Ontario: Ontario's College System Is on the Auction Block.
Ontario is side-stepping pub. ed and funding private companies w/ public cash; the result is an artificially created crisis in the college system.
#onpoli #onedu #canada
thegroundbreaker.ca/2025/09/10/f...
Fire-sale Ontario – Ontario’s College System Is on the Auction Block.
Billions for corporations, cuts for students: the truth about Ontario’s education crisis and how we’re sleepwalking into economic crisis. For decades, Ontario’s public colleges have bee…
thegroundbreaker.ca
September 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
New Blog Post!
Fire-sale Ontario: Ontario's College System Is on the Auction Block.
Ontario is side-stepping pub. ed and funding private companies w/ public cash; the result is an artificially created crisis in the college system.
#onpoli #onedu #canada
thegroundbreaker.ca/2025/09/10/f...
Fire-sale Ontario: Ontario's College System Is on the Auction Block.
Ontario is side-stepping pub. ed and funding private companies w/ public cash; the result is an artificially created crisis in the college system.
#onpoli #onedu #canada
thegroundbreaker.ca/2025/09/10/f...