On September 28, the Ministry of Education released their Consultation: Education in Ontario. The consultation asked for feedback and comments on the following areas:
- Improving student performance in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM
- Preparing students with needed job skills, such as skilled trades and coding
- Improving provincial standardized testing
- Ensuring students graduate with important life skills, including financial literacy
- Managing the use of technology in classrooms, such as cell phones
- Building a new age-appropriate Health and Physical Education curriculum that includes subjects like mental health, sexual health education and the legalization of cannabis
- Developing the first-ever Parents’ Bill of Rights
Read OPSBA’s Consultation Resource, with position statements on each of the seven areas of consultation
