​Toronto,September 13, 2006- The Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA) is encouraged by the significant improvement in the province-wide reading, writing and mathematics test results for Grades 3 and 6 students."We congratulate our students, parents and...

​ Toronto, September 18, 2006- The Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA) congratulates Kathleen Wynne on her appointment as Minister of Education and is ready to work with her on further developing the many positive education initiatives undertaken by the...

​ Toronto, October 17, 2006- The Ontario Public School Boards' Association commends the Cain-Green report for its transparent deconstruction of the financial environment within which school boards work and for its respectful analysis of the specific challenges within...

​ Toronto, November 30, 2006- Bill 107 proposes significant changes to Ontario?s Human Rights system and, in particular, reshapes the ways in which human rights complaints are handled. The Ontario Public School Boards' Association has written this week to...

​Toronto, January 17, 2007- Violence in the media is pervasive. The destructive influence of violent music videos, video games, music lyrics, the Internet, and television programs is absorbed daily by our children and youth and is directly linked to safety in schools...

Toronto, February 13, 2007- The Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA) is deeply concerned about the Fraser Institute's publication that ranks elementary schools. Of particular concern is how the report misuses the province's EQAO results.EQAO test results...

​ Toronto, March 17, 2007- The Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA) commends Education Minister Wynne and the provincial government for heeding the advice of member boards and allowing increased flexibility around the primary class size initiative."OPSBA...

Toronto, March 19, 2007- The Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA) commends Education Minister Wynne and the provincial government for heeding the advice of member boards and allowing increased flexibility around the primary class size initiative."OPSBA...

Toronto, April 17, 2007- The Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA) is a strong advocate for schools that are safe places for our students to learn and for our staff to work in. We believe that the solutions to keeping schools free of violence and to...

Toronto, June 11, 2007- The Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA) is pleased to announce that Rick Johnson has been acclaimed to serve a fourth term as President of OPSBA at the Annual General Meeting held on June 9, 2007. Rick Johnson has made a lifetime...

Toronto, August 14, 2007- The Ontario Public School Boards' Association welcomes the provincial government's announcement of increased funding for public education. This further investment of $182 million in Ontario's education system in the upcoming year with an...

Toronto, December 3, 2007- The Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA) is pleased to announce that Colleen Schenk has been elected as President of OPSBA at a meeting held on December 1, 2007. Colleen's service and contributions to public education span more...

​ Toronto, December 20, 2007- Ontario's students have a lot to be proud of. They are showing themselves to be world-class when it comes to international comparisons in student achievement. Grade 10 students are in the top five countries in the world in Science,...

​ Toronto, January 14, 2008- Schools are a vital part of our larger society. It takes a lot of committed people from a lot of different walks of life to work together to support young people, to help them avoid becoming either the perpetrators or the victims of...

Toronto, February 19, 2008- The Ontario Public School Boards' Association (OPSBA) once again takes issue with the Fraser Institute's publication that ranks elementary schools. This report misuses the province's Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO)...

Gentlemen:As your parties examine policy positions and determine platforms in anticipation of the next Federal election, we urge you to address a vital public safety issue affecting half the population of Canada that can no longer be ignored. We are referring to the...

​ Toronto, March 25, 2008 - The Ontario Public School Boards' Association views today?s budget announcement related to 2008-2009 education funding as positive evidence of the provincial government?s solid commitment to the value of a strong publicly funded education...

Toronto, April 28, 2008- At a Board of Directors meeting on April 26, 2008 the Ontario Public School Boards' Association unanimously passed a motion initiated by Bluewater District School Board urging the Government of Canada to fund the building of a new school in...