If only the government could do this without first slashing spending. It’s like stealing your hot water tank and then being told you’re getting a “free” mug of hot water per day to use instead. It’s better than nothing, but it still leaves us all **Far** worse off…
NoSituation1999 on
They laid off nearly 300 teachers in the GTA this week.
Where do you think this money is coming from? They’re just making cuts in other areas of education. This government hates public education.
Don’t be fooled by this “goodwill gesture”.
Tribalbob on
That seems low – is that low? I mean anything is better than nothing, but it still seems a bit low.
Onterrible_Trauma on
A great idea that should have come a long time ago, and NOT with the additions of teacher job cuts and other education cuts around the board.
Fuck you Doug.
SledgexHammer on
Each year? Thats actually great, didnt expect Ford to throw us a bone on education.
Saisinko on
(BC) A teacher bought some classroom furniture from me on marketplace the other day saying the school district wouldn’t pay for it.
Of course, I’ve lost enough faith in humanity that I was suspicious they were making up some pity story to get it for free or a significant discount, but sure enough they paid full price and we had a good lengthy chat.
sounoriginal13 on
This comment section should be interesting.
GetzlafMyLawn on
Smaller classrooms? Nah.
Safer environments for teachers and educators? Nah.
Funding for better after school programs? Nah.
Funding for better support to special needs? Nah.
Here’s $700 to fuck off though
Midnightrain2469 on
We need this in BC.
pyfinx on
Fuck Yeah!! How about each term?!
You’re not doing yourself a favour by underfunding education and health for the locals.
What good for your elite buddies if you produce a generation of low productivity with no innovation and shitty technology advancement.
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ashrules901 on
This should’ve been a thing since the inception of teachers. Every single teacher I’ve ever had has told me that they have to buy certain classroom supplies out of their own pocket. Which is why some of them have an abundance of pencils to give out, and some don’t and can’t afford to.
MrKguy on
I was about to rant but after reading, the headline leaves out that Ontario is setting up a supply/distribution website that teachers can buy items from, and that those supplies will be bought by the province in bulk to cheapen the burden on the teachers. Idk how exactly that works out but it’s more than just giving teachers a debit card to use at Walmart. The province is subsidizing the teacher’s costs on top of giving them the money. Not as good as just distributing necessary supplies directly, which is what they should be doing, but still positive. We just have to see if the province hits them with the backhand afterwards when bargaining with teachers on other issues.
Teachmevee on
Two steps backwards, one step forward with this government every single time.
After COVID, they made an ad campaign regarding the return of extracurriculars, while simultaneously cutting funding. That situation is dire now.
Class sizes continue to get larger and there is no single greater indicator of the quality of education your child will receive than the size of the class they are in.
Throwing cash at kindergarten, vocational, and trades programs is a win. I would also qualify this as a win that will have tangible effects in classrooms. I spend hundreds out of pocket yearly to help with supplies and building projects, this will go a long way.
Protect Ontario, Ontario Strong and all these slogans should be backed up by investment in education and healthcare. We had all world systems, they are in slow decay. I empathize as mass migration has complicated public expenditure matters, especially in urban centres, but we have to meet that challenge. You want a better and stronger society, put your money into healthcare and education.
Keepontyping on
This is good. Get it out of the hands of administers and put it in the hands of teachers. Hopefully what they buy gets to travel with them as they move school to school. Too often teachers won’t purchase things because if they make the effort to buy items under a school account, when they move it does not go with them. And then the new teacher who moves in won’t use the materials
because it’s not what they want to use. So admin uses money not used by teachers and spends it on things that are not being accounted for.
BabaofTheShimmer on
How about we figure out how much teacher absenteeism rates are costing Ontario?
I have a friend who is a teacher and she has missed 40 days of school since September. She was legitimately sick for 3 days. The other 37 days were used for running errands.
Every time a supply teacher comes into a classroom, the boards are paying for 2 teachers.
mind_mine on
Can they buy whatever they want? Something like a board game had to be bought though the board and I imagine that their supplier is 1 narrow and 2 over priced.
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This is something I hope we can all agree is good
If only the government could do this without first slashing spending. It’s like stealing your hot water tank and then being told you’re getting a “free” mug of hot water per day to use instead. It’s better than nothing, but it still leaves us all **Far** worse off…
They laid off nearly 300 teachers in the GTA this week.
Where do you think this money is coming from? They’re just making cuts in other areas of education. This government hates public education.
Don’t be fooled by this “goodwill gesture”.
That seems low – is that low? I mean anything is better than nothing, but it still seems a bit low.
A great idea that should have come a long time ago, and NOT with the additions of teacher job cuts and other education cuts around the board.
Fuck you Doug.
Each year? Thats actually great, didnt expect Ford to throw us a bone on education.
(BC) A teacher bought some classroom furniture from me on marketplace the other day saying the school district wouldn’t pay for it.
Of course, I’ve lost enough faith in humanity that I was suspicious they were making up some pity story to get it for free or a significant discount, but sure enough they paid full price and we had a good lengthy chat.
This comment section should be interesting.
Smaller classrooms? Nah.
Safer environments for teachers and educators? Nah.
Funding for better after school programs? Nah.
Funding for better support to special needs? Nah.
Here’s $700 to fuck off though
We need this in BC.
Fuck Yeah!! How about each term?!
You’re not doing yourself a favour by underfunding education and health for the locals.
What good for your elite buddies if you produce a generation of low productivity with no innovation and shitty technology advancement.
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This should’ve been a thing since the inception of teachers. Every single teacher I’ve ever had has told me that they have to buy certain classroom supplies out of their own pocket. Which is why some of them have an abundance of pencils to give out, and some don’t and can’t afford to.
I was about to rant but after reading, the headline leaves out that Ontario is setting up a supply/distribution website that teachers can buy items from, and that those supplies will be bought by the province in bulk to cheapen the burden on the teachers. Idk how exactly that works out but it’s more than just giving teachers a debit card to use at Walmart. The province is subsidizing the teacher’s costs on top of giving them the money. Not as good as just distributing necessary supplies directly, which is what they should be doing, but still positive. We just have to see if the province hits them with the backhand afterwards when bargaining with teachers on other issues.
Two steps backwards, one step forward with this government every single time.
After COVID, they made an ad campaign regarding the return of extracurriculars, while simultaneously cutting funding. That situation is dire now.
Class sizes continue to get larger and there is no single greater indicator of the quality of education your child will receive than the size of the class they are in.
Throwing cash at kindergarten, vocational, and trades programs is a win. I would also qualify this as a win that will have tangible effects in classrooms. I spend hundreds out of pocket yearly to help with supplies and building projects, this will go a long way.
Protect Ontario, Ontario Strong and all these slogans should be backed up by investment in education and healthcare. We had all world systems, they are in slow decay. I empathize as mass migration has complicated public expenditure matters, especially in urban centres, but we have to meet that challenge. You want a better and stronger society, put your money into healthcare and education.
This is good. Get it out of the hands of administers and put it in the hands of teachers. Hopefully what they buy gets to travel with them as they move school to school. Too often teachers won’t purchase things because if they make the effort to buy items under a school account, when they move it does not go with them. And then the new teacher who moves in won’t use the materials
because it’s not what they want to use. So admin uses money not used by teachers and spends it on things that are not being accounted for.
How about we figure out how much teacher absenteeism rates are costing Ontario?
I have a friend who is a teacher and she has missed 40 days of school since September. She was legitimately sick for 3 days. The other 37 days were used for running errands.
Every time a supply teacher comes into a classroom, the boards are paying for 2 teachers.
Can they buy whatever they want? Something like a board game had to be bought though the board and I imagine that their supplier is 1 narrow and 2 over priced.