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Classes so big, that students are left without chairs to sit on. TDSB Trustees capped Grade 4-8 class sizes to avoid this – but the Ford Conservatives’ appointed supervisor scrapped the cap. Ultra-large class sizes are coming this September, and our kids are paying the price. This is not... show more

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“The teachers are telling us: classrooms are feeling unsafe,” backlash grows over increased class sizes for special needs students in the TDSB on the same week the Ford government restricted public access to special education meetings. “This is silencing voices,” one parent said.

“The teachers are telling us: classrooms are feeling unsafe,” backlash grows over increased class sizes for special needs students in the TDSB on the same week the Ford government restricted public access to special education meetings. “This is silencing voices,” one parent said.

Tina Yazdani

12,627 views • 10 months ago

Teachers are struggling to cope with large class sizes, and are left feeling that they are not able to respond to the needs of their classes, particularly the needs of those who are living in poverty and deprivation #SU4QE Andrea Bradley on BBC Eorpa:

Teachers are struggling to cope with large class sizes, and are left feeling that they are not able to respond to the needs of their classes, particularly the needs of those who are living in poverty and deprivation #SU4QE Andrea Bradley on BBC Eorpa:

EIS

11,654 views • 2 years ago

How many students are in your child’s class this year? How many should be? We know class sizes matter. That’s why we’re asking parents and teachers to fill out our survey. Because we can do better for our kids. 👉🏽

How many students are in your child’s class this year? How many should be? We know class sizes matter. That’s why we’re asking parents and teachers to fill out our survey. Because we can do better for our kids. 👉🏽

Rakhi Pancholi

17,621 views • 2 years ago

New: the education minister expects class sizes to be a key issue in upcoming contract talks with Ontario’s education unions. Pressed on large class sizes, staffing cuts and concerns that teachers are being stretched thin, Paul Calandra said: “let’s talk about it at the table.”

New: the education minister expects class sizes to be a key issue in upcoming contract talks with Ontario’s education unions. Pressed on large class sizes, staffing cuts and concerns that teachers are being stretched thin, Paul Calandra said: “let’s talk about it at the table.”

Tina Yazdani

12,919 views • 2 months ago

Ontario's schools need more adults. We need more EAs and more educators in our schools to keep students safe and help them learn. Children in Grade 6 were in Kindergarten when the Ford government took office. EQAO scores are on their watch, and this government is failing our kids. That is why Ontario-Liberals are calling on the Ford government to invest $1 billion in new education funding so boards can hire the staff students rely on every day. Students should not have to pay the price for underfunding. It is time to give them the support they deserve.

Ontario's schools need more adults. We need more EAs and more educators in our schools to keep students safe and help them learn. Children in Grade 6 were in Kindergarten when the Ford government took office. EQAO scores are on their watch, and this government is failing our kids. That is why Ontario-Liberals are calling on the Ford government to invest $1 billion in new education funding so boards can hire the staff students rely on every day. Students should not have to pay the price for underfunding. It is time to give them the support they deserve.

Rob Cerjanec

14,544 views • 8 months ago

Students that started grade nine last September would be able to graduate without the threat of strikes. This is what all students deserve. To the other teacher unions, let's get this done. Let's keep kids in class.

Students that started grade nine last September would be able to graduate without the threat of strikes. This is what all students deserve. To the other teacher unions, let's get this done. Let's keep kids in class.

Stephen Lecce

37,476 views • 2 years ago

Elegance. Class. Beauty. This is what Christmas in America should look like. We are blessed to have the Trump family back in the White House for the next 4 years!

Elegance. Class. Beauty. This is what Christmas in America should look like. We are blessed to have the Trump family back in the White House for the next 4 years!

Gunther Eagleman™

85,005 views • 1 year ago

Where are the Ford govt’s school supervisors? Parents tell us they haven’t been able to contact them & without trustees, they have no one to turn to with concerns like large classes: “it’s incredibly disappointing,” says Kiera Chion, whose SK daughter is in a class with 32 kids.

Where are the Ford govt’s school supervisors? Parents tell us they haven’t been able to contact them & without trustees, they have no one to turn to with concerns like large classes: “it’s incredibly disappointing,” says Kiera Chion, whose SK daughter is in a class with 32 kids.

Tina Yazdani

22,342 views • 11 months ago

🚨 NOW: Calls are ramping up to FREEZE FUNDING to public schools who encouraged their own students to SKIP CLASS and go to the Marxist protests today The teachers unions are urging ALL OF THIS Kids are being told they'd "LEARN MORE" at the protest than IN CLASS. "One student said his teacher encouraged him to walk out — skip school!" WHY are we paying for this BS?! "It's a walkout — you guys can just go."

🚨 NOW: Calls are ramping up to FREEZE FUNDING to public schools who encouraged their own students to SKIP CLASS and go to the Marxist protests today The teachers unions are urging ALL OF THIS Kids are being told they'd "LEARN MORE" at the protest than IN CLASS. "One student said his teacher encouraged him to walk out — skip school!" WHY are we paying for this BS?! "It's a walkout — you guys can just go."

Eric Daugherty

128,972 views • 3 months ago

This is all part of the Conservatives plan to sell off schools to developers. Today: Government forces the TDSB to cut 40 Vice Principals and schools to share those that remain, with up to 600 teacher roles also gone. Last week: Government-appointed TDSB supervisor forces appeal against a City of Toronto decision that would stop school sites being sold - to address a chronic funding shortfall entirely of Doug Ford’s own making. Toronto is a rapidly growing city, and the TDSB and our kids will need these schools in the future. 📺 City News Toronto

This is all part of the Conservatives plan to sell off schools to developers. Today: Government forces the TDSB to cut 40 Vice Principals and schools to share those that remain, with up to 600 teacher roles also gone. Last week: Government-appointed TDSB supervisor forces appeal against a City of Toronto decision that would stop school sites being sold - to address a chronic funding shortfall entirely of Doug Ford’s own making. Toronto is a rapidly growing city, and the TDSB and our kids will need these schools in the future. 📺 City News Toronto

Jessica Bell

34,177 views • 4 months ago

BLM Brandon is correct that he reduced class sizes. With schools like Douglass Academy having a capacity of 912 students but only an enrollment of 35 that really reduces class size. Nevermind the per pupil spend is more than $68,000/yr. As to that "living wage" for teachers, Chicago's are the highest paid in the nation (adjusted for cost of living) but, hey, they're mostly women so they and their salaries are beyond reproach.

BLM Brandon is correct that he reduced class sizes. With schools like Douglass Academy having a capacity of 912 students but only an enrollment of 35 that really reduces class size. Nevermind the per pupil spend is more than $68,000/yr. As to that "living wage" for teachers, Chicago's are the highest paid in the nation (adjusted for cost of living) but, hey, they're mostly women so they and their salaries are beyond reproach.

Dan Proft

27,024 views • 6 months ago

We believe that educators, our expertise, our service and our contract proposals should be honored. “We’re creating an environment where we’re giving our students what they deserve.” —CTU President Stacy Davis Gates. We delivered thousands of petition signatures, gathered in 3 days, showing CTU members stand united for small class sizes, veteran pay, and real support for students. We believe that this can and should be settled at the table. We’re ready to land this historic contract—CPS, are you?#CTUContractNow

We believe that educators, our expertise, our service and our contract proposals should be honored. “We’re creating an environment where we’re giving our students what they deserve.” —CTU President Stacy Davis Gates. We delivered thousands of petition signatures, gathered in 3 days, showing CTU members stand united for small class sizes, veteran pay, and real support for students. We believe that this can and should be settled at the table. We’re ready to land this historic contract—CPS, are you?#CTUContractNow

Chicago Teachers Union

18,472 views • 1 year ago

Oligarchs are waging a war on the working class, and they are intent on winning. But this is what I know: The worst fear that the ruling class in this country has is that Americans come together to demand a government that represents all of us, not just the wealthy few.

Oligarchs are waging a war on the working class, and they are intent on winning. But this is what I know: The worst fear that the ruling class in this country has is that Americans come together to demand a government that represents all of us, not just the wealthy few.

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1,048,159 views • 1 year ago

My faculty members will come to me and say our students don’t come to class - the question I ask is; Have you considered that we are in a different world now? These students who are not coming to class are they not passing your exams? If they are passing your exam, what’s your problem? - Professor Elsie Effah Kaufmann #VOKLive

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Khanna: That’s my real issue with JD Vance. Why are you hurting the education funding that made both your life and mine possible? We need to fund public schools in this country, especially in working-class neighborhoods. You can’t call yourself the party of the working class and then take away funding from schools that serve working-class kids. You can’t call yourself the party of the working class and then say a working-class kid who wants to go to college shouldn’t be able to get loans or scholarships to do that.

Khanna: That’s my real issue with JD Vance. Why are you hurting the education funding that made both your life and mine possible? We need to fund public schools in this country, especially in working-class neighborhoods. You can’t call yourself the party of the working class and then take away funding from schools that serve working-class kids. You can’t call yourself the party of the working class and then say a working-class kid who wants to go to college shouldn’t be able to get loans or scholarships to do that.

Acyn

89,304 views • 1 year ago

🚨This is happening all across the country at our public schools! Children being allowed to ditch class to be violent and protest law enforcement! These students at a Los Angeles high school just attacked 2 cops while violently protesting against ice! This is not what are kids at in school to learn! Why are we allowing this to indoctrinate our kids against federal agents just doing their jobs of keeping our country safe! DO NOT SEND YOUR KIDS TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS!

🚨This is happening all across the country at our public schools! Children being allowed to ditch class to be violent and protest law enforcement! These students at a Los Angeles high school just attacked 2 cops while violently protesting against ice! This is not what are kids at in school to learn! Why are we allowing this to indoctrinate our kids against federal agents just doing their jobs of keeping our country safe! DO NOT SEND YOUR KIDS TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS!

Tommyboi4209

11,654 views • 5 months ago

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Yesterday I watched this report on Citizen TV that really disturbed me. While CS Migos & PS Bitok continue to say school fees are affordable, this is what the CBC/CBE transition looks like on the ground. Where are such parents expected to find KSh 50,000 per year when some cannot even afford basic necessities? About 800,000 students have not joined Grade 10, not because they failed, but because their families simply can’t afford it. Under 8-4-4, most Kenyans at least had a fair chance to sit KCSE. Today, many bright students are being locked out early purely because of cost. This is a serious issue, and the people responsible for education need to see it. If you believe in equal opportunity, tag the CS for Education, MPs, and the President so they see what’s happening on the ground. If CBC/CBE is here to stay, then education must be truly free so no child is left behind. Funding is about priorities, not excuses. I’ll keep speaking up for these students. Here is the video.

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Sanders: In all due respect to Congresswoman Stevens, everyone knows that this is not an election between her and Abdul El-Sayed. This is an election between Abdul and the billionaire class. That is what this election is about. A billionaire class which has already—and there are two weeks left to go in the election—already spent $50 million against him. Now, I want everybody here throughout the state, people turning on their TVs and seeing all these ads, I want you to ask yourself a simple question: Why are the richest people in the country spending tens and tens of millions of dollars to defeat Abdul El-Sayed? Why does the billionaire class feel that they need to outspend him in this election 12 to 1? Twelve to one. What are they afraid of? And the answer is obvious: They understand quite correctly that when Abdul is elected to the Senate, he will work with me and other progressives in taking on the greed of the billionaire class. That’s what the billionaires are afraid of and they should be afraid.

Acyn

897,288 views • 21 days ago

The working class are the most important class in America, we surprised these Wendy’s employees with some cash to let them know they are supported. Fast Food workers experience so much to keep us fed, they need to know that they are appreciated. This is the Sticker Mule Way!

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