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Leone: Closing the numeracy gap should be Ontario’s first priority
Columnist Rob Leone wonders how it’s possible to improve Ontario’s math education when parents and teachers aren’t capable of helping.
Published Sep 9, 2016 at 12:13pm
BRAMPTON, ON – APRIL, 8 – Carlene Powell is the school’s Numeracy Planning Time Teacher and is teaching in a grade three class.
The Ontario government is going to require all elementary schools to have at least one math-savvy teacher on staff – they call them “math lead teachers” . Eldorado Public school in Brampton hasalready has done this; hired a math specialist to teach Grades 1-3 math properly.
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April 8, 2016 Richard Lautens/Toronto Star
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