US EditionViolence, harassment and burnout: Ontario’s education workers are in crisis, study finds
- Ontario’s education system faces a crisis in 2025 with rising violence, harassment, and burnout among workers in Toronto and across the province.
- This crisis stems from a $58 million deficit in the Toronto District School Board, inflationary funding gaps, and structural barriers worsening classroom conditions.
- The TDSB plans to cut pools, music teachers, student laptop access, and increase class sizes amid government budget finalization and provincial investigations into school boards.
- Education Minister Paul Calandra emphasized that the government is committed to keeping school boards concentrated on providing students with the necessary resources to thrive.
- If unaddressed, these funding and resource pressures will worsen inequalities and stress, prompting calls for unity among parents, teachers, and workers to demand adequate support.
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St Catharines Standard
Violence, harassment and burnout: Ontario’s education workers are in crisis, study finds
A University of Ottawa study highlights the escalating violence and harassment faced by Ontario’s education workers, threatening worker well-being and retention.
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A new nationwide survey from Prodigy Education has revealed that U.S. teachers are experiencing unprecedented levels of stress—surpassing even the peak anxiety reported during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings paint a sobering picture of the American education system, exposing how mounting behavioral issues, financial strain, and a growing sense of fatigue are […]
Two out of ten teachers have conflicts with students on social networks
It is already the second problem of coexistence in schools: the conflicts that the teachers have with the students in social networks. A survey of the Central Independent Trade Union and Officials Union (CSIF) warns that more than half of the public school teachers suffer problems of coexistence with the students. The first cause of teacher unrest are in the centers verbal aggressions (insults, threats, mocks and disrespects) denounced by almost…
Ford’s government is underfunding education
In a story that is all too common across the province, parents and teachers from the Toronto District School Board calling into the CBC Radio’s Ontario Today described a school board that is struggling due to a lack of resources. CBC reported that parents and teachers described old schools with no air conditioning, washrooms that
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