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Your kids are being used as political pawns.

Goaded on by their teachers, students across Ontario will walk out of classes on Thursday afternoon to protest an increase in class size.

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Make no mistake about it, this “student-led protest” is nothing more than a front for the teachers’ unions who aren’t so concerned with the quality of education as they are the number of members they can collect dues from.

“As a parent, it is very concerning that the school system is allowing our students to take the afternoon off to protest something that most of them do not understand,” wrote one parent to their local MPP.

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All because students, like their parents and teachers, falsely believe that class size is a big factor in their success or failure.

With scant evidence, smaller class size has become a pillar of faith not only for teachers, but many parents, as well.

A story by the CBC recently claimed there is scholarly consensus on smaller class sizes “improve academic achievement.”