{"id":16060,"date":"2012-07-14T09:29:33","date_gmt":"2012-07-14T14:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=16060"},"modified":"2012-07-14T09:29:33","modified_gmt":"2012-07-14T14:29:33","slug":"ontarios-latest-headache-in-the-education-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2012\/07\/14\/ontarios-latest-headache-in-the-education-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario&#8217;s latest headache in the education ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/toronto\/hey-dalton-the-teachers-may-be-mollified-but-toronto-students-theyre-unionizing\/article4417119\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Schatzker<\/a> explains the new disaster unfolding in the Ontario government&#8217;s education file:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>According to reports, a number of large unions, including CUPE, IATSE and the United Steelworkers, are already courting prominent Toronto-area student leaders. It is expected that any negotiation will include a list of long-standing student grievances. Top among them is the issue of merit based marking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomeone has to do something about all these losers who hog all the best marks,\u201d said Stu, a grade 11 student at Central Etobicoke High School who did \u201cbrutal\u201d in Functions and Applications this year.<\/p>\n<p>His friend and co-organizer Luke says a union will be able to push for a \u201cmarks tax\u201d on the top one per cent of students. \u201cYou have these total nerds who get, like 98 in Bio,\u201d Luke explained. \u201cWe think they should give five or ten per cent of those marks to the students who get 45.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to stop rewarding greed,\u201d Stu said.<\/p>\n<p>Over at Parkside Elementary School in Scarborough, Isabelle, who is in grade seven, is also taking up the fight to make Toronto schools a closed shop. At the top of her grievance list: \u201cgeographism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way it works right now,\u201d Isabelle explained, \u201cis that you have to go to whatever school is closest to your house. But what if your best friend from music camp goes to a different school? How is that, like, fair?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sources in the Ministry of Education say the province is already close to signing a deal with elementary students with a benefits package that includes: cupcake Fridays, a ban on quinoa, and a 5.7 per cent increase in recess every year for the next four years, raising it to 20.9 minutes by 2017. (It is presently 15 minutes.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Schatzker explains the new disaster unfolding in the Ontario government&#8217;s education file: According to reports, a number of large unions, including CUPE, IATSE and the United Steelworkers, are already courting prominent Toronto-area student leaders. 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