Students are saying NO to how Doug Ford’s government is approaching publicly funded education. After announcements on everything from class sizes to the sex-ed curriculum, students from across Ontario will be walking out of class on Thursday, April 4th in an act of solidarity and protest – demanding that the adults in charge of the publicly funded education system prioritize students and their learning and address issues such as:
- Increased class sizes
- Mandatory e-learning in high school
- Cuts to autism program
- Disrepair in schools
Currently, student organizers are estimating over 100,000 students will participate. For more details, click here.
Students at Bloor collegiate have walked out #ONPoli pic.twitter.com/MYKDAAsmKO
— Lisa Xing (@LisaYaxiXing) April 4, 2019
One of the organizers wrote an op-ed in the Toronto Star on March 29, 2019 entitled, “White Hot Angry Youth Ready to Protest Education Cuts”
i'm a little bit angry at our government right now, so i wrote an article about it. check it out @fordnation! https://t.co/lebvXKMva2
— rayne fisher-quann (@raynefq) March 29, 2019