For an old-school union like the one that represents the province’s elementary teachers, merit is a concept to be avoided at all cost. They said the government is offering “less than half the priority and special education funding negotiated in 2017.”That makes it sound like big special education cuts, but the money in question isn’t even part of the special education budget. Not in OntarioSixty-thousand Ontario students already choose to take online courses and the number is going up by about 17 per cent a year. The provincial plan is for courses created by Ontario teachers and Ontario teachers will be able to assist students electronically. Really, it comes down to who should control the school system, the people you elect or the people teachers elect?

Source: National Post February 07, 2020 00:11 UTC