Concern with the Ministry of Education's School Information Finder website has been ongoing since last spring. Launched in early April 2009, the School Information Finder profiles schools using EQAO test results along with students' socioeconomic, ethnic and racial background, and the number of new immigrants in the school neighbourhood. The "indicators" the Ministry has chosen to highlight are selective and misleading, such as primary class size (but no mention of larger junior and intermediate class sizes).ETFO has created a special NO SIF! website, that is part of ETFO's larger website. You can link to it by clicking on the title of today's post, or by going to this web address: http://noSIF.ca At the website, you'll find lots of information about the School Information Finder campaign, as well as an "email your MPP" tool so that you can voice your concerns to your elected government representative.
And finally, a Facebook group has been set up for the School Information Finder campaign. You can access it at: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=289172506732&v=wall This link can also be found on the no SIF website. If you're a Facebook member, we'd encourage you to join the group.... as I sign off on this post, I'm headed to Facebook to join the group right now!
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