The NDP is demanding to know what Doug Ford is doing with the school curriculum modernization plan after a government email posted to social media says the 2018 summer curriculum writing sessions are being cancelled. The change is another in a series of closed-door back-room decisions from Ford, hidden from the public until they leak out.<\/p>\n
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\u201cDoug Ford needs to come clean with families, teachers, educators and students about what\u2019s going on here,\u201d said NDP MPP-elect Peggy Sattler. \u201cThe curriculum in Ontario\u2019s public schools is outdated, and we simply have to do better for our children. If it\u2019s true that Ford has scrapped the summer curriculum writing sessions, that\u2019s a major shift in the plan for students and schools. Why? And if he\u2019s cutting the modernization program, what is he replacing it with? Have the Ford cuts come for our children\u2019s education, already?\u201d<\/p>\n
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Long overdue, the refresh is slated to include updates to the curriculum as well as policy changes. The modernization process was to include co-development of the new curriculum with First Nations, M\u00e9tis, and Inuit partners, pursuing one of the recommendations of the report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). But, apparently, the TRC summer writing team has been asked to stay home, and been offered reimbursements for travel expenses they\u2019ve already covered for the meetings that were to begin Monday.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIndigenous education benefits all students and promises a better-shared future. Scrapping the TRC curriculum writing sessions at the last second is a damaging step backwards on the road to reconciliation \u2013 and it sends a horrible message to Indigenous communities about their importance to the Ford government,\u201d said Sattler. \u201cTeachers, educators and families have been clear that they support bringing Indigenous education into the classroom, and are right to be alarmed if this is the approach the Ford government plans to take. Mr. Ford needs to lay out his position, and describe his commitment to truth and reconciliation.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe NDP believes we should move forward, not backward, when it comes to reconciliation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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