The Education Reporter

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This is an interesting article, but I don't believe it's fair to compare one-time capital expenses such as renovations to a need to reduce ongoing operating expenses. Would $1 million have saved Three Bridges? No. Three Bridges is a tiny school where on top of the fiscal challenge of funding it at the cost of other programs and schools, you start to have the logistical challenges. For one, we don't triple-grade classes in southern Ontario. The same million would have paid for a year's worth of the busing expenses mentioned here (and let's face it, WR is lagging when it comes to joint-busing and staggered bell times-- something that's been done and hasn't turned the world upside down in other districts).

My feeds were full of math talk today, as Ontario Minister of Education Liz Sandals announced a series of responses to concerns over stagnant and declining assessment results on math.

Though it's been the sparsest year on record for new posts in this space, I have been paying attention to the K-12 sector in Ontario over the past 12 months. You can get a flavour of that from the Tumblr page where I aggregate the coverage of the sector from things I trip across while muddling through my social feeds or other news alerts.

About a month ago my eye was drawn to "Real accountability or an illusion of success?" It's 14+ page call to action is worth a read regardless of your personal / professional views on large-scale assessments such as the standardized tests used by

With Kathleen Wynne's swearing in scheduled for Feb. 11, I haven't seen too much chatter on her choices for cabinet, other than some backing away from the cabinet table. With only 10 MPPs who supported her candidacy, if the premier-designate sticks