In fact, the education changes the government wants are not driven by Ford’s imagined personality traits, but by the need to modestly constrain education spending and a desire to ever so slightly modernize a school system that is fiercely resistant to change. For years, education spending rose sharply even while enrolment declined. Even former premier Dalton McGuinty, not exactly a deficit hawk, understood the need to control education spending. Perhaps the most discouraging thing highlighted in this labour dispute is teachers’ unwillingness to support greater use of technology in schools. And yet, teachers are telling students that change is bad and must be opposed at all costs.

Source: National Post January 30, 2020 22:41 UTC