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Protest fizzles: What was expected to be an explosive meeting of the Toronto Board of Education last night fizzled after Trustee George Martell, standing at the mike, told parent and teacher that his proposals for special education are intended to place slow learners - usually from poor or ethnic background - into regular, but smaller classes
Protest fizzles: What was expected to be an explosive meeting of the Toronto Board of Education last night fizzled after Trustee George Martell, standing at the mike, told parent and teacher that his proposals for special education are intended to place slow learners - usually from poor or ethnic background - into regular, but smaller classes

Protest fizzles: What was expected to be an explosive meeting of the Toronto Board of Education last night fizzled after Trustee George Martell, standing at the mike, told parent and teacher that his proposals for special education are intended to place slow learners - usually from poor or ethnic background - into regular, but smaller classes

Date11/15/1979
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Critical of Canadian education system: George Martell, one of the founders of This Magazine is About Schools, a periodical dealing with concepts of education, has edited book titled The Politics of the Canadian Public School, a radical look at the school system
Critical of Canadian education system: George Martell, one of the founders of This Magazine is About Schools, a periodical dealing with concepts of education, has edited book titled The Politics of the Canadian Public School, a radical look at the school system
Darrell, Dick
7/24/1974
No! Says Tim Rutledge, a board of education trustee, Why would anyone want to make French a compulsory subject in high school?
No! Says Tim Rutledge, a board of education trustee, Why would anyone want to make French a compulsory subject in high school?
Loek, Dick
4/21/1978
No public funds: Doug Little, a trustee on the Toronto Board of Education, says no money should be given to support private schools
No public funds: Doug Little, a trustee on the Toronto Board of Education, says no money should be given to support private schools
Beaty, Keith
9/16/1985
Robert Patterson Don Mills architectural assistant new North York board of education trustee for word 12
Robert Patterson Don Mills architectural assistant new North York board of education trustee for word 12
Lennon, Frank
6/29/1971
Two Etobicoke ratepayers are trying have two Etobicoke trustees removed from the Board of Education because of an alleged conflict of interest. C. W. Cooper and D. R. Meeson have filed the charges against John Parker, chairman of the board, and trustee S. Ted White and are seeking a hearing before a York County judge. [Incomplete]
Two Etobicoke ratepayers are trying have two Etobicoke trustees removed from the Board of Education because of an alleged conflict of interest. C. W. Cooper and D. R. Meeson have filed the charges against John Parker, chairman of the board, and trustee S. Ted White and are seeking a hearing before a York County judge. [Incomplete]
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
4/28/1968
Rudi Martell (r), Leejay King David (l)
Rudi Martell (r), Leejay King David (l)
Talotta, Vince
10/11/1997
Maurice Richer, former Jesuit priest and adviser to the ministry of education in Ethiopia, is now secretary-general of the Council of Ministers of Education, made up of Canada's education ministers
Maurice Richer, former Jesuit priest and adviser to the ministry of education in Ethiopia, is now secretary-general of the Council of Ministers of Education, made up of Canada's education ministers
Bull, Ron
5/12/1972
Outspoken: Bernard Shapiro, left, Ontario's deputy minister of education, and education professor David Pratt, right, say courses should be relevant and the high drop-out rate cut
Outspoken: Bernard Shapiro, left, Ontario's deputy minister of education, and education professor David Pratt, right, say courses should be relevant and the high drop-out rate cut
Cooper, David
1/25/1987
Believed to be the only teacher of Portuguese origin working for the Toronto Board of Education, Tony Gregorio has been fired - because of lack of seniority - in education spending cutbacks
Believed to be the only teacher of Portuguese origin working for the Toronto Board of Education, Tony Gregorio has been fired - because of lack of seniority - in education spending cutbacks
Lennon, Frank
5/31/1978
Bob Lee: Newly appointed director of education for Peel board of education.
Bob Lee: Newly appointed director of education for Peel board of education.
Stuparyk, Michael
4/11/1988
Outspoken: Bernard Shapiro, left, Ontario's deputy minister of education, and education professor David Pratt, right, say courses should be relevant and the high drop-out rate cut
Outspoken: Bernard Shapiro, left, Ontario's deputy minister of education, and education professor David Pratt, right, say courses should be relevant and the high drop-out rate cut
Stawicki, Andrew
n.d.
Phillip Randell: He's known as Mr. Driver Education of Canada, one of the pioneers of driver-education courses in this country.
Phillip Randell: He's known as Mr. Driver Education of Canada, one of the pioneers of driver-education courses in this country.
Slaughter, Mike
6/11/1980