The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is applauding the Alberta government for using the savings incurred during a potential teachers’ strike to help parents cover childcare costs. “Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is doing the right thing by committing to paying parents to cover childcare costs during a potential teachers’ strike,” said Kris Sims, Alberta Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. “British Columbia paid parents for their childcare costs during a teachers strike and it helped tho

75K views · 924 reactions | Classes are cancelled Thursday for nearly one million elementary school kids, as Ontario's biggest teachers' union holds its first province-wide strike. | CBC News | Facebook

The goal of education should be to cultivate the skills necessary to succeed in our rapidly changing world, not to create good test-takers. That will require our education system to move beyond stifling accountability models that narrow what teachers can teach; condemn kids to low-quality, high-stakes standardized tests and excessive test prep; and do nothing to improve learning. Randi Weingarten Micron Technology UFT - United Federation of Teachers NYSUT - A Union of Professionals World Economi

1K views · 43 reactions | "Yeah well, I'll protect him as in--I'm not going to tell anyone about it." -- Robert Levine, United Federation of Teachers representative Robert Levine, a teachers union special representaive told our undercover journalist that he wouldn't tell anyone about a teacher hitting a kid. | Project Veritas | Facebook