Education

Largely left out of virtual schooling, EAs who are at risk of contracting COVID-19 may not have medical accommodations granted.

Adult day school teachers are precariously employed, have no job security, no benefits and are paid less than regular high school teachers.

To successfully and safely reopen public schools, governments and school boards should have focused on innovation and new investments. Instead, their main focus is on their financial bottom lines.

Health reasons, but also not wanting to participate in a plan they say was not made with students or staff in mind, are contributing to teachers' decisions to hold off on returning to school.

Chronic underfunding of public schools in Ontario has forced school boards to choose between funding educational programming and funding maintenance.