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The pandemic has confused and exhausted teachers. Following physical distancing guidelines is difficult due to class sizes, and they are taking on double the workload as they stretch themselves to fill multiple roles. Read @royinori's article here: https://thewalrus.ca/the-epidemic-of-teacher-burnout/ 1/5
Teachers, parents, and students have questioned why planning wasn’t done earlier. But the problem started well before the pandemic. In Toronto, for example, the education system had already been in crisis for twenty years. More here: https://thewalrus.ca/the-epidemic-of-teacher-burnout/ 2/5 #CdnEdu #CdnPoli
In Ontario, chronic underfunding of schools is rooted in policies from the late 1990s and has been exacerbated by cuts from the current provincial administration. Toronto schools have felt this particularly hard because of the sheer number of students. https://thewalrus.ca/the-epidemic-of-teacher-burnout/ 3/5
Over the past twenty years, libraries, outdoor education, and the arts are just a few areas that have taken a hit in Toronto. How much harder has the pandemic made it for teachers who were already stretched so thin? More here: https://thewalrus.ca/the-epidemic-of-teacher-burnout/ 4/5 #CdnEdu #CdnPoli
“I’ve never said so many times that I want to quit in a year,” says one teacher, who has also been questioning what all of their efforts are for. Read @royinori's full article on teacher burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic here: https://thewalrus.ca/the-epidemic-of-teacher-burnout/ 5/5 #CdnEdu #CdnPoli
Educators: what has it been like to be in the classroom this year? How has it been adapting to online learning? Can you relate to this article by @royinori? Share your thoughts with @thewalrus here 
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