Toronto school board director apologizes after admitting he plagiarized opinion piece

Chris Spence, the Toronto District School Board’s director of education, is an interesting study. One on one, he gives a polished, measured interview that would warm the cockles of any PR consultant.

But as an orator, he can bring a room full of teachers to its feet with a “let’s go out there and educate the hell out of those kids” pep talk worthy of (and indeed born in) a pro football locker room.