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Martha Hradowy
Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF)
President of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF). A consistent critic of the Ford government's education policies, Hradowy has warned that replacing directors of education with CEOs who lack education backgrounds signals "troubling corporatization" of Ontario's public school system, and that the government's teacher education changes "only open the front door while teachers walk out the back."
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The Ford government has tabled Bill 101 — the Putting Student Achievement First Act — replacing elected directors of education with CEOs requiring business credentials, gutting trustees' budget and bargaining powers, and mandating government-approved lesson plans in every classroom, while education unions warn it is a roadmap to corporate control of Ontario's public schools.
As OSSTF president, Hradowy publicly condemned Bill 101 on the day of its tabling, warning that replacing directors of education with CEOs requiring business credentials signals "troubling corporatization" of public education, and calling the broader restructuring an unprecedented level of government interference in Ontario's education system.