Jessie Donner

I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to call this the greatest piece of prediction market content created to date.

Planning my 1/2 price chocolate run for Monday. 😉

The #TDSB’s use of uncertified teachers has increased by a staggering 1,152% in the seven years since  2017-18. Nobody wants to teach due to the pay and working conditions. #onted #cdned #edchat share.google/1JcpIlLxkcg4lv…

@peteirishpilot ouch. 🤣

The Director of Education for the Near North DSB has retired. The board is under provincial supervision. Craig Myles increased his own salary, let a family member use a board credit card, and moved his office into an empty school ctvnews.ca/northern-ontar…

@PaulCalandra Credit integrity needs to be addressed in #OntEd. via: @reddit

@_Andrew_Chu_ @GLoncarich @SOSTDSB @DrPeiTO @TorontoStar Finland’s municipalities function as full education authorities. If Ontario wanted to mirror that, we’d need to rewrite the Education Act and transfer school board powers to municipal councils. That’s a very different structure than the one we have now.

@J__Donner @GLoncarich @SOSTDSB @DrPeiTO @TorontoStar Curriculum is provincially set. Curriculum implementation, staffing, and student support is managed under a Superintendent and their administration. Finland puts schools under municipal jurisdiction and their system is well regarded.

A compelling piece from @DrPeiTO in @TorontoStar this morning about why the trustee governance model needs to change: thestar.com/opinion/contri…

@_Andrew_Chu_ @GLoncarich @SOSTDSB @DrPeiTO @TorontoStar MPPs provide provincial oversight, but education also needs specialized local governance. Municipal councils focus on land use and services, not curriculum, staffing, or student supports. School boards remain the dedicated governance structure for those responsibilities. #Onted

@J__Donner @GLoncarich @SOSTDSB @DrPeiTO @TorontoStar Education is a provincial responsibility and MPPs are democratically elected to oversee taxpayer funds for that. Municipalities are probably better suited to provide the local perspective than school boards as they are more in tune with communities, growth, demographics, land use

@_Andrew_Chu_ @GLoncarich @SOSTDSB @DrPeiTO @TorontoStar School boards no longer levy taxes, but education still requires democratic oversight of taxpayer funds because it’s compulsory, community-based, and affects families/children daily. Healthcare governance differs —services are accessed as needed and guided by clinicians.

@J__Donner @GLoncarich @SOSTDSB @DrPeiTO @TorontoStar The elected school boards are the anomaly here. They have not had the power of taxation since 1997 in Ontario. No other public service other than municipalities have generally elected representatives, including the healthcare system.

@_Andrew_Chu_ @GLoncarich @SOSTDSB @DrPeiTO @TorontoStar Charter schools may be not-for-profit and tuition-free, but they form a publicly funded system that sits outside the authority of elected school boards. Public money = public oversight/governance. #Onted

@_Andrew_Chu_ @GLoncarich @SOSTDSB @DrPeiTO @TorontoStar I understand the analogy, but family doctors operate within a single unified system under provincial regulation. Charter schools, by design, create a publicly funded but separately governed system. That is why the privatization debate exists. #Onted

@_Andrew_Chu_ @GLoncarich @SOSTDSB @DrPeiTO @TorontoStar Always interesting when discussions about charter schools end abruptly. For the record: public funding + private governance structures is why people debate whether they’re a form of subsidized privatization. (Blocking me doesn't change those facts.) Thanks for the insight.

@J__Donner @GLoncarich @SOSTDSB @DrPeiTO @TorontoStar It would be the same reason that public funds flow into family doctor clinics: to ensure free Universal Education of all children to provincial standards, regardless of where their parents choose to have them educated.

@GLoncarich @_Andrew_Chu_ @SOSTDSB @DrPeiTO @TorontoStar Public operating grants flowing into a privately governed school are a *subsidy*. Governance (shaped by donors/sponsors) guide the school's operations. Public money without public accountability is still *public money spent privately*. Why should #Onted taxpayers pay for this?

@J__Donner @_Andrew_Chu_ @SOSTDSB @DrPeiTO @TorontoStar Not a subsidy, the assets are publicly owned. They cannot charge tuition, expect for international students. Paying only for the operating grants, not capital grants. This is, 50% savings from government coffers.

@GLoncarich @_Andrew_Chu_ @SOSTDSB @DrPeiTO @TorontoStar If donors fund the gap, they inevitably influence governance, admissions culture, and school priorities. That’s not a public system—it’s publicly subsidizing private influence. Why should #Onted taxpayers subsidize this type of program?

@J__Donner @_Andrew_Chu_ @SOSTDSB @DrPeiTO @TorontoStar With this proposed model in #Ontario, charter schools cannot charge tuition except for international students. Second and final, they receive 50% less funding per student minus capital repairs. Most schools, will have the financial backings from their donors and sponsors.

@_Andrew_Chu_ @GLoncarich @SOSTDSB @DrPeiTO @TorontoStar And they also charge tuition; just to keep some of the children of the very taxpayers that subsidize their schools *out* of their programs. All taxpayers always kick in the 50% subsidy, but lower SES families can't access the system? Why should #OntEd should adopt this model?

@GLoncarich @SOSTDSB @DrPeiTO @TorontoStar Nevermind, despite meeting all those requirements, they can still only receive 50% funding: www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/ed…

The only way to encourage trained teachers to consider working in schools is to compete. 🤷‍♀️ #onted

"A tariff-fueled inflation is different than a normal inflation... It is a much more painful form of inflation." Lemme 'splain why.

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A lesson in voting for parachute candidates who couldn't care less about the city they literally plopped into. #NeverVoteConservative #onpoli

@ChrisScottPC Imagine being so stupid as to not know the demographic makeup of the community you were parachuted into. We don't need accountants, we need to get you to walk 10 000 steps in that hospital every day. Maybe then you'll understand. cc: @SooShoe #onpoli #sault