The province's school boards should focus on teaching facts rather than promoting woke ideology.
ontario education
The Ontario government does not fund independent schools nor allow parents to create charter schools.
In 2022-23, only 50 per cent of Grade Six students met provincial standards in math.
The more students know about a topic, the more likely they’ll be able to read and understand it.
Ontario is one of five provinces that still refuses to allow taxpayer money to follow the student.
When activists demand ideological conformity from teachers, they undermine the core purpose of education.
In Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and B.C. the government helps fund independent schools.
The school board is telling Toronto teachers to “incorporate issues of social justice in mathematics learning.”
The proposal includes a hard cap of 20 students in all classrooms and 10,000 new teachers.
The province's base education budget is scheduled to increase by 2.5 per cent this year.