Efforts to eliminate racism and systemic barriers in our schools must be accompanied by proper funding and supports.
The government’s destreaming plan is oversimplified, underfunded, and rushed, jeopardizing its success.
Without additional supports for students, smaller class sizes so that teachers can provide more individual attention, and proper consultation with educators, the Ford government’s anti-discrimination exercises are more performance than substance. But with the real added consequence that they may inadvertently exacerbate existing problems and prove counterproductive to improving equity and outcomes for all students.