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On the parties’ education platforms
Danica Pea
It’s all vague and very unhelpful. But Smith also makes it seem like we were *given* a wage increase and didn’t fight for it. It wasn’t out of charity...it was negotiation and that was the BARE minimum.
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On government funding of private schools
Mslmdoyle
We do not only lose the money from the public system... we lose the advocacy of highly educated wealthy parents who advocate for the higher standard of more opportunity and resources for the use of their children. Look to Finland with the highest success rates in education in the world... they do not have private systems. Imagine an education system where parents advocate for all schools to have the same resources available that their children currently receive in private institutions.
Cteasd
PUF funding for kindergarten students was cut, and that money was given to private schools. It’s a travesty. I quit my job as a kindergarten teacher. It’s become much more difficult without supports for children with delays.
On the ATA’s call to MLA candidates that they phase in a new curriculum developed with the input of teachers
Mkrasnikoff
As a teacher who has spent over a year learning new curriculum, I hope that the ATA would not encourage a new government to dispose of what has already been implemented. Years ago, we spent time learning a new curriculum that was meant to be implemented, but the NDP did not put it in place. Now, like it or not, we’ve invested a lot of time and resources into another new curriculum for math and language arts. To suggest that we should scrap it and start over would place just as little value on teachers’ time and professional judgment as it does to not have some teacher representation at the table developing it in the first place.
On the ATA’s Annual Representative Assembly
Marygiampadandrea
I’ll miss that this year after attending for a decade. Good luck to everyone! I hope you all crush it! Special thanks to you all and especially my @ectlocal54 colleagues
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On the ATA’s Annual Representative Assembly
@StephanieGee9
#ARA2023 has ended and I witnessed so many devoted teachers come together this weekend! Thank you @ATA38 for preparing us (delegates) and thanks for all the amazing snacks provided by the hospitality committee!
@3DrumsofWheat20
Fantastic news for all members that we have been able to pass a budget without requiring a fee increase, especially given our current economic climate. Thank you to the financial committee for their diligent work to find creative solutions to make this possible.
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