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Dr. Constance McLeese is used to kids asking, “What’s up doc?” But she doesn’t carry a medical bag. Her backpack is filled with homework. McLeese is a teacher at Lisgar Collegiate.
Centretown News made repeated attempts over the last month to elicit response from the Ministry of Education and its Minister Janet Ecker.
Teacher testing is about political punishment of Ontario’s teachers – not about better education.
Paul Dewar, a Grade 7 and 8 teacher at Hopewell Avenue Public School, holds up his letter from the Ontario College of Teachers. It says he has been randomly selected for the first round of the provincial government’s “Professional Learning Program.” He’s returning it to sender.