TDSB chair says several boards have higher projections, and hopes the province will be transparent about how their number was calculated
Ontario Education Minister Lisa Thompson, seen here on March 26, 2019, said in a statement Friday that teacher salaries and benefits have increased while students fall behind in subjects such as math.Several school boards fear that the loss of teaching jobs over the next four years will be much higher than the Ontario government’s estimates, based on their own calculations.
“It would seem to me that the numbers that were released by the province … may not be reflective of the entire picture,” Mr. McGuckin said in an interview on Friday. A spokeswoman for Education Minister Lisa Thompson said school boards may be failing to consider other factors in their projections. The government, for example, is providing some funds to help boards keep enough teachers for STEM subjects.
Thousands of students walked out of school on Thursday to protest the changes, prompting Premier Doug Ford and Ms. Thompson to accuse teachers’ union leaders of orchestrating student walkouts. NDP education critic Marit Stiles said on Friday that larger classes will mean that students who need more attention would fall behind.
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