Originally written for School Magazine by Jennifer Huang.
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has done some research into education funding. Their estimate is that compared to 2018-19, school boards have received $1,500 less per student. The result is billions of dollars lost to education in Ontario.
Unions have been complaining about the impacts of these cuts on their members for several years now – staffing shortages, burnout, increased incidents of violence in classrooms and hallways, cancellation of much needed prep time, etc. There is huge agreement on this from all the unions – whether Catholic, public, high school or elementary. Workers in schools are burning out working in these conditions – and they are burning out fast.
