Unpublished Op-Ed submitted to The Star

It would appear that elementary school education is going to hell in a handcart according to the Doug Ford government and the negative figures coming out of EQAO Math scores. The education minister blames “discovery math.” The problem is far more complex than that. The public and the government has no one to blame other than themselves after decades of grossly under-funding education, a politically sensitive revolving-door curriculum with every new government, patronizing elementary teachers who are predominantly women and failing to recognize the deep and dramatic changes that have occurred in society. Continue reading →