Toronto, March 19, 2007- The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) commends Education Minister Wynne and the provincial government for heeding the advice of member boards and allowing increased flexibility around the primary class size initiative. “OPSBA has been working with Minister Wynne to ensure that the implementation of the primary class size initiative best meets…

​ Toronto, March 17, 2007- The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) commends Education Minister Wynne and the provincial government for heeding the advice of member boards and allowing increased flexibility around the primary class size initiative. “OPSBA has been working with Minister Wynne to ensure that the implementation of the primary class size initiative best…

Toronto, February 13, 2007- The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) is deeply concerned about the Fraser Institute’s publication that ranks elementary schools. Of particular concern is how the report misuses the province’s EQAO results. EQAO test results are specifically designed to provide useful information to improve our learning programs, but it’s misleading to compare…

​Toronto, January 17, 2007- Violence in the media is pervasive. The destructive influence of violent music videos, video games, music lyrics, the Internet, and television programs is absorbed daily by our children and youth and is directly linked to safety in schools and in our communities. A coalition from trustee, parent, teacher federation, principal and…

​ Toronto, November 30, 2006- Bill 107 proposes significant changes to Ontario?s Human Rights system and, in particular, reshapes the ways in which human rights complaints are handled. The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association has written this week to Attorney-General Michael Bryant to express deep concern about the unexpected move to invoke closure on Bill…

​ Toronto, October 17, 2006- The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association commends the Cain-Green report for its transparent deconstruction of the financial environment within which school boards work and for its respectful analysis of the specific challenges within the Toronto District School Board. OPSBA applauds the report’s focus on “making the best use of resources…

​ Toronto, September 18, 2006- The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) congratulates Kathleen Wynne on her appointment as Minister of Education and is ready to work with her on further developing the many positive education initiatives undertaken by the Liberal government. “We are pleased that by naming Kathleen Wynne, a respected and experienced educator,…

​Toronto,September 13, 2006- The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) is encouraged by the significant improvement in the province-wide reading, writing and mathematics test results for Grades 3 and 6 students. “We congratulate our students, parents and teachers in working together to make significant gains in student achievement,” said Rick Johnson, president of OPSBA. “In…

​ Toronto, August 25, 2006- At the 2006 Annual General Meeting in Ottawa, the members of the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) unanimously approved the inclusion of the position of First Nations Director on the OPSBA Board of Directors. OPSBA is pleased to announce that Grace Fox has been elected as First Nations Director.…

​ Toronto, June 13, 2006- The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) Awards Program recognizes outstanding contributions to public education made by individuals from across Ontario. While it is impossible to honour all those dedicated people who make a difference, the recipients of these awards represent the many who work tirelessly and unselfishly to make…

​Toronto, May 2, 2006- Educators, parents, and school trustees are disheartened to learn that the Federal Budget has scrapped the previous child care agreements made with provincial governments. Failing to uphold the federal-provincial child care agreements, the Prime Minister and his government have chosen to forego a once-in-a-generation opportunity to give our children the kind…

​ Toronto, April 5, 2006- The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) congratulates Sandra Pupatello on her appointment as Minister of Education and is ready to work with her on solidifying the many positive education initiatives undertaken by the Liberal government. “We are pleased that by naming senior cabinet member Sandra Pupatello to the education…