Tag: ontario ministry of education

Thoughts on the new Ontario Math Curriculum

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The Ontario Ministry of Education just released a revamped math curriculum for Grade 1 to 8 to be introduced in schools in September. I read through their outline and peeked in on the more detailed breakdowns. The immediate question arises because of the timing. Who thought it was a good idea to try re-writing the curriculum […]

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Ontario Will Be De-Streaming Its High School Courses

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I recently reviewed the Ontario Ministry of Education’s new Grade 1-8 math curriculum. This was recently followed by an announcement that in Grade 9 they would be phasing out “streaming”. I mentioned in my earlier post: …high school is divided into streams “academic” and “applied”. The political-speak is that “applied” courses are rarely anything more than […]

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