TDSB Trustee Motion to Keep Political Activism out of Classrooms Defeated

A Toronto School Board committee has voted down a motion that would prohibit political activism in the classroom. The motion was brought forward by Toronto District School Board (TDSB) trustees Weidong Pei and Dennis Hastings during the May 29 meeting of the governance and policy committee. “This motion is a very important first step towards addressing these issues that we have heard over and over from concerned parents and the staff,” Mr. Pei said during the meeting as the motion was presented. “Public education Ontario and other TDSB is about putting students first, providing them with opportunities and teaching them knowledge and skills so they become productive, and [contributing] citizens.”...