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Legislation regarding primary and secondary level education in Ontario is outlined in the Education Act. [38] As of 2021, two million children were enrolled as students within the province. [39] Elementary schools teach children enrolled in kindergarten and grades 1–8, while secondary schools teach adolescents in grades 9–12.
Adolphus Egerton Ryerson (24 March 1803 – 19 February 1882) [1] was a Canadian educator, author, editor, and Methodist minister who was a prominent contributor to the design of the Canadian public school system. [2] [3] Ryerson is considered to be the founder of the Ontario public school system. An advocate against Christian sectarianism and ...
On May 5, 1871, free school supporters proposed an amendment to the bill making schools under the Act be non-sectarian. The amendment was passed by a 25-10 vote. The bill, as a whole, was passed on May 17, 1871 and it was signed into law as the Common Schools Act of 1871. The Act came into effect on January 1, 1872.
The Putting Students First Act (also known by its former name, Bill 115) (the Act) is an act passed by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.The law allows the provincial government to set rules that local school boards must adhere to when negotiating with local unions and to impose a collective agreement on the board, employee bargaining agent, and the employees of the board represented by the ...
The Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation ( OSSTF; French: Fédération des enseignantes-enseignants des écoles secondaires de l'Ontario, FEESO) is a Canadian trade union which represents 60,000 members across Ontario . Founded in 1919, its membership includes public high school teachers, occasional teachers, teaching assistants ...
The Ontario sex education curriculum controversy refers to the debates over reforms of the sex education curriculum in the province of Ontario during the 2010s.. In 2015, the government of Ontario, then led by Kathleen Wynne, introduced a new sex ed curriculum, updating it for the first time since 1998 and including topics such as sharing explicit content online, sexual orientation, and gender ...
Education Research and Perspectives 35.2 (2008): 57-72 online; Mattingly, Paul H. and Michael B. Katz, eds. Education and Social Change: Themes from Ontario’s Past (1975) Peters, Frank. "Religion and schools in Canada." Journal of Catholic Education 1#3 (1998). Phillips, Charles E. The development of education in Canada (Gage, 1957), a major ...
Students in elementary school will attend school from 8:51 a.m. to 4:21 p.m., and students in secondary schools will go from 7:30 a.m. to 3:36 p.m. Caldwell School District