Announcements
Statement of Solidarity with CUPE Ontario Education Workers
November 3rd, 2022 – The Coalition for Alternatives to Streaming in Education stands in solidarity with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) education workers across Ontario.
Welcome to the ‘Education Pathway Planning Program’
November 1st, 2022 – CASE is pleased to announce the Education Pathway Planning Program. This workshop series for Hamilton students and families aims to strengthen community awareness about streaming, de-streaming, and provide pathway planning resources.
Provincial Party Comparison on De-Streaming Recommendations
May 15th, 2022 – Learn how your vote in the 2022 provincial election will impact de-streaming. Review our platform comparison to see how each party addresses our de-streaming recommendations.
Statement of Solidarity with Indigenous Communities
June 25th, 2021 - We stand in solidarity with Indigenous communities as we join in mourning the Indigenous children found in mass and unmarked graves. CASE will work to amplify the voices of Residential School survivors, share resources, support calls from Indigenous leaders, advocate for effective strategies to ensure equity in education and amplify the education priorities identified in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action.
CASE Response to Ontario’s De-streamed Grade 9 Math Curriculum
June 8th, 2021 - Today Ontario’s Ministry of Education released the de-streamed Grade 9 math curriculum for September. While this release is long overdue, CASE is pleased that educators, students and parents will finally have a sense of what the de-streamed math curriculum will look like. Now it’s in the hands of school boards and educators to review and implement to the best of their ability. However, the curriculum is only one piece of the puzzle.
CASE Response to Government Announcement to End Streaming in Grade 9
July 6 2020 - The Coalition for Alternatives to Streaming in Education (CASE) welcomes the news that Minister Lecce is bringing forward a plan to end academic streaming in Grade 9.
E-learning: The Path of Least Investment?
April 6th 2019 - Last month, the provincial government announced that mandatory e-learning is on the horizon for high school students in Ontario. This change comes as part of the provincial plan to modernize classrooms across the province and would require students to take four online courses to graduate…
TDSB Operating Budget Announcement
April 19 2019 - In January, the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) drafted the Operating Budget for the 2019-2020 school year. The 3.4 billion dollar budget is intended to support students in the school board, fund school-based staffing, utilities, transportation and maintenance renewal. The budget is slated….
How Government Cuts to OSAP are A Streaming Issue
February 25 2019 - Last month, under Premier Doug Ford’s leadership the province announced cuts to free tuition to university and colleges for low-income students. Under the former Liberal government, families earning up to $175,000 could qualify for some funding. However…..
News
The work to end academic streaming is only just beginning
Toronto Star Opinion | July 28, 2020
Applied classes were seen as the dumb kids': Education, youth advocates respond to Ontario's 'discriminatory' streaming system
Yahoo News Canada | July 15, 2020
Students too young, uninformed to choose high school courses, study says
Toronto Star | Thursday, September 7th 2017
Racialized, low-income Toronto students at disadvantage from school streaming, report finds
CBC | Thursday, September 7th, 2017