CONTENTS: ETFO VOICE – FALL 2025


8 16 4 FROM THE EDITOR FALL 2025


5 FROM THE PRESIDENT By David Mastin


6 FROM THE GENERAL


SECRETARY By Sharon O’Halloran


34 CURRICULUM: Collaborative Learning


15 YEARS IN:


UNPACKING DECE REFLECTIONS AND REALITIES


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36 YOUR FEDERATION: Annual Meeting 2025


45 BOOK REVIEWS


47 CROSSWORD: “BACK TO SCHOOL” By Patrick Blindauer


2 ETFO VOICE | FALL 2025


8 15 YEARS IN: UNPACKING


DECE REFLECTIONS AND


REALITIES Samia Javed reminds us that play- based, inquiry-driven learning is not a luxury, it is essential.


16 CLASS SIZE IS NOT JUST


A NUMBER Cynthia Roulston’s powerful account of overcrowded classrooms lays bare the human cost of underfunding our public schools.


PHOTO BY CHRISTINE COUSINS


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