The continuing battle for little heart$ and mind$
The YouTube video released this week features educators, students and graduates of the province’s Catholic system praising the values learned in their schools.
And, just in case you thought that truth might be one of those values...
“I really have to stress this is about our own distinctiveness. This is not meant as any competition,” said Brian O’Sullivan, director of Catholic education.
All this brave combativeness started when...
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is hoping a move to ban Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) clubs at publicly funded Catholic schools in Toronto will fail.
And, setting aside some other "Catholic" values for....
TCDSB trustees squash motion to ban gay-straight alliance clubs
....other, more practical considerations
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has waded into the debate over the separate school system, reassuring Catholics that government-funded religious education is here to stay.
Good one. For all their spouting off about values, they're just as sleazy as their public board counterparts.
ReplyDeleteIf you accept public funding pretty soon you'll have to reflect government values......if you'd like to keep the funding.
ReplyDeleteKind of like the Ontario Federation of Agriculture?
Deletegovernment values. Don't know why that got me laughing.
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