Education Minister Stephen Lecce is blaming the declining results in EQAO mathematics on the pandemic and previous job action by teachers.
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What mean is ‘ falling’ ? Pass or not. Pass is enough it’s not ‘ falling ‘ ( it’s me) 😑
A normal day in a Doug Ford / John Tory/ Justin Trudeau government
send them to India to learn mathematics. Indians are the best in mathematics.
With immigration laws, soon they will all be here!
Maths is an useless subject that both waste of time and energy, all we need to know is just the numbers of 1-100. Kick maths out ☺️
Well, sure lets try that. Lets see how well we use computers which only use numbers 1-100
Maybe we should also do away with Integers, Reals, Complex, etc… as well. Erase 5000 years of human advancement…
Blames the pandemic? Ugh blame the government and their mandates.
No blame for curriculum or teachers, who really want to strike?
It’s the support staff that are contemplating a strike. Not teachers
I see by the level of knowledge you have shown you didn’t do well in school
Why not survey these students and ask them?
How many teacher strikes have there been recently I lost count.
Nothing to do with that.
@Jumbo Me right that’s why you felt obligated to state that
@Nosnibor Mailliw so you think a few days every three years is the reason why they are failing. I guess you’ve never stepped foot in a school after you graduated
uhhhh the 2018 results on grade 6 math competency were the same. Education has failed for half a decade – to teach math. “Catch-Up” is smoke, this has been the case since before 2018. … and the teachers fought against standard math competency tests for themselves – no wonder the students are not learning.
Nope that’s false. The problem is that students can’t be failed anymore that’s the real problem
Another Trudeau accomplishment
Well personally I think if a child is struggling a teacher should take notice before they fail and ask them what they don’t understand or maybe rephrase their teaching methods. Myself in grade three was noticed reading adult literature already so the teacher had me take a bunch of tests and they said my IQ was high and I was a “gifted child” but I was only strong in reading and writing comprehension in grade ten I was doing well in some grade 12 advanced classes already but failed grade 10 general math twice before barely passing the third time and no one cared to tutor me or anything in my weak subject and studying more on my own would not have helped me because I just don’t see numbers and reactions etc. the way I do words.
You are correct but the biggest problem is that kids can’t be failed and they know it.
Teachers likely share some of the blame. Not that unions will ever admit that.
The new imports just don’t get it. It’s like trying to teach tax loopholes to goats. It is not possible and has been tried for literally decades and decades.
Maybe the Ontario students need more teachers like the one in Oakville?
I’d wager most of their math teachers would also fail the tests.
Mine came to work intoxicated every day, so not surprised.
I’d wager it’s because students know they can’t be failed so they just move on without learning
We all know why the kids are failing, right?
Yes, because they are undisciplined and lazy. They are busy playing video games. For those who don’t know, there are endless free resources online. Strengthen your foundational skills, then move on. Most of that happens between grades 4-8.
Math hasn’t changed for centuries—except in Ontario.
Yup and it was just explained to you
fortunately, our budget can balance itself, poor math skill is fine
You too can be Prime Minister without basic math skills. What’s all this talk about STEM. Who needs technology.
Did these children not online school like the rest of the provinces?
maybe if the whining Karen teachers did their jobs and stopped the incessant caterwalling about how bad they have it, the results might have been better.
Don’t forget the Wynne disaster otherwise known as Discovery Math.