Features

Colleen Elep standing with students outside in the winter

Representation in the "Great White North"

Colleen Elep and Chad Mills consider why diverse representations of the outdoors matter and what educators can do to make sure they are inclusive of all their students.

Creating a Literacy Environment in Your Kindergarten Classroom

Joan Barrett and Joan Littlefield

Each child in your kindergarten classroom has different abilities, interests and experiences that shape and influence his or her learning.

Education Now: Break the Cycle of Poverty

Pat McAdie

The Education Now campaign has been endorsed by Education International, the Canadian Teachers’ Federation, and overwhelmingly by the delegates to the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario.

Women in the Web

Marilyn Millar and Vanessa Rabinowitz

In a world increasingly dependent on technology, technology is everybody’s business — or should be. Girls’ and women’s enrolment in math and science courses has improved over the last few decades.

Take Action! ETFO Prepares for the Election

ETFO Voice

Here's how ETFO has been preparing to protect publicly funded education and the rights of teachers, education workers and students:

Meaningful Participation in the Regular Classroom: Supporting Students with Severe Disabilities

Susie Blackstien-Adier and Donna McGhie Richmond

Imagine you are a teacher of a grade three class of 28 students. One of your students has cerebral palsy.

No Winners in ETFO’s Class Size Contest

Pat McAdie and Mary Morison

Last August, ETFO announced a contest to find the largest elementary public school class in Ontario. Bill 160 sets average class size limits per board of 25 in elementary and 22 in secondary ETFO's contest was designed to show the public that the use of the word "average" does not mean elementary students would be in classes of 25 or fewer.