October 11, 2024
Teachers unions are in it for themselves, not the kids
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Here in Ontario, the province more than doubled education spending between 2004 and 2018. In that same time period, the number of teachers grew by more than 13,000, the number of ECE workers rose by more than 9,000 and all of this happened even as enrolment dropped by 109,000. Oh, and math scores plummeted.
Here in Ontario, the province more than doubled education spending between 2004 and 2018. In that same time period, the number of teachers grew by more than 13,000, the number of ECE workers rose by more than 9,000 and all of this happened even as enrollment dropped by 109,000. Oh, and math scores plummeted.

Can we all just relax a little over the claim by some that 10,000 teachers are losing their jobs?

With contract talks underway, the rhetoric is rising and we will all hear that teachers will be thrown out onto the streets, that our kids’ education is at peril. Not quite.

In my view, a strike is inevitable, but so is looking at the facts.

We will not see 10,000 teachers fired or laid off over the next several years. Yes, I’m well aware of the report from the province’s Financial Accountability Office, but I’ve also read it.

The report clearly states what the government has been saying all along, based on the numbers, no teacher will lose their job. Instead, as the government promised, these positions will be eliminated as people retire or quit. The government and the FAO have different numbers on how many positions will be eliminated but not the final outcome.

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