School principals are the invisible men and women in the power struggle between the Ontario government and the province’s teaching unions, and yet steadily-increasing union power has seriously eroded principals’ ability to do their jobs. The Ford government wants to restore merit, but the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario is fighting it tooth and nail. In a column last week, I expressed support for merit-based hiring, a concept that is rather uncontroversial outside the bubble of Ontario education. “The principal concludes by saying, “The role of the principal is an afterthought in this province. Randall Denley is an Ottawa political commentator and former Ontario PC candidate.

Source: National Post February 12, 2020 12:00 UTC