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Livechat: Early Childhood Politics

by Mike Miner Thursday November 5, 2009

Tonight for your Agenda, we're going to examine Ontario’s early education program.

 

What it is: Full-day kindergarten for all Ontario four- and five-year-olds.

Cost: $1.5 billion per year when fully implemented.

Who’s in charge: unionized teachers will take the lead, working with early childhood educators.

Class size: classes will have 26 students, an increase from Ontario’s class size cap of 23 students.

Who gets it: 35,000 children next year, all children by 2015.

 

Now tell us what you think: 

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