Full-day kindergarten
Full-day kindergarten was introduced in Ontario in 2010, and will be fully implemented across the province by the 2014/15 school year. In this section you can find information about the kindergarten program, research about its impact on student success, and tips for parents whose children are starting kindergarten.
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Ontario Progressive Conservative education platform
Ontario’s Progressive Conservative party has released its education platform, Preparing Students for the Challenges of the Twenty-first Century.
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Child-care crisis looming
An article in the Toronto Star outlines the challenges faced by child-care centres across the province as all-day kindergarten results in a “mass exodus of kindergarteners” from the child-care system.
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Feb 15
Drummond recommends steep cuts in education
Don Drummond’s report on Ontario’s public services recommends massive change, including significant cuts in education.
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Feb 11
Drummond report may recommend changes to education
Economist Don Drummond’s recommendations for reforms to Ontario’s public policy to be released on February 15, may include cuts to all-day kindergarten and changes to class size caps.
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Jan 09
Education funding for 2012: “The party’s over.”
The economic downturn, the $16 billion provincial deficit and a new report from Don Drummond will drive changes in every Ontario ministry - including education. Funding for education will be protected to some extent, but not completely.
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Board, early educators have first contract
More and more early childhood educators are being hired by school boards to work in full-day kindergarten programs. In many parts of the province, this means new union members.
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Mixed signals
An editorial in the Ottawa Citizen argues that it makes no sense for school boards to replace private-sector before- and after-school programs, with board-run programs.