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In this article, they reflect on the challenges facing women living in poverty in rural areas and the impact poverty has on their children.

It is well know that children from poor families are less likely to succeed academically. Moreover, the factors that contribute to their lack of success often lie outside the school. Nevertheless, according to Dr. Charles Ungerleider, there is much that teachers can do to improve the academic success of these students.

This September, after several years as a program resource consultant and a term as an acting vice-principal, I’m returning to the classroom. By the time you read this, dear colleagues, I’ll have been teaching my 3/4 split in southwest Mississauga for nearly two months.

Political action and public relations go hand in hand.

ETFO was born into one of the most tumultuous periods in Ontario education history. In October 1997, 126,000 teachers staged a two-week walkout to protest the assault on teachers and public education by the Conservative government of Mike Harris.

ETFO president David Clegg told delegates to the 2008 annual meeting that the federation is determined to Close the Gap in this round of collective bargaining.

A funny thing happened while working on our anti-poverty project. We learned something! We learned that it isn’t so much what we can do for students, but how we do it that makes a difference.

One cold winter morning I was teaching my grade 8 class when halfway through the first period Joe came in, late as usual.

When Locke’s PS was selected to take part in ETFO’s poverty and education project we were excited by the prospect of having a theatre group come to perform at our school. We hoped to improve our understanding of issues related to poverty.