Send us your questions!

Here are answers to some of the questions we often receive.

If you have another question - just send us an email at:

info@peopleforeducation.com

You can also call our parent support phone line if you need to talk to us in person.

1-888-534-3944

or 416-534-0100 in the Toronto area.

From the Ministry of Education, to the School Board, to the School, to the Child and the Family - who is responsible for what?

→Click here to view the answer.

By phone, mail, fax or email you can ask questions, get information, or make your views known.

→ Click here to view contact infomation for provincially elected representatives.

Deciding which schools should stay open, and which schools should close is a difficult one.

Through a process called “accommodation reviews”, boards will decide which schools to keep open, which schools to close, which schools need additions, or where new schools are needed.

→ Click here to get more information about school closings and for links to the Ministry of Education Guidelines.

Education in Ontario includes all students, regardless of need or ability. Special education programs are meant to provide services to students with special needs. Parents often have questions about special education.

→ Click here for more infomation.

School buildings and schoolyards are the hub of activity for many communities. Yet fees for community use have made schools unaffordable for many groups.

→ Find out more! Click here.

→ Link to every school board in the province and information on obtaining permits for community use of schools. Click here. 

Parents are engaged in their children’s early learning and education in many ways.

• Many help with homework.
• Many come to parent-teacher interviews.
• Some volunteer on field trips.
• Some belong to school councils.

And so much more...

But what are some of the ways we can include even more parents in our children's schools?

What really works? → Click here to find out more.

A  Balanced School Day (BSD) is a different way of organizing the school day.It includes:

• Three extended blocks of teaching time.
• Two 40-50 minute breaks (instead of a lunch break and two recess breaks).

→ Click here to read more the Balanced Day.

The letters EQAO stand for Education Quality and Accountability Office. They are an arm’s-length agency of the provincial government. They are responsible for testing students in Ontario in Grades 3, 6, 9 and 10.

→ Click here for more information about the EQAO.

The Ministry of Education has appointed 18 parents to the new Ontario Provincial Parent Board.

Congratulations to everyone who was appointed, we look forward to working with the new board to support parent engagement activities across the province!

→ Click here to read more or  visit the Board's website.