Re: “New school curriculum gets more time,” Oct. 25.
It’s no surprise that parents and teachers forced the hand of the Ministry of Education to hold off on implementing the Grade 11 and 12 curriculum.
Now that provincial exams are no longer mandatory, it’s one dumbed-down standard after the next that both our teachers and parents are being forced to accept. It’s shameful that all of our education leaders in this province, parents, teachers, trustees and superintendents, are so quick to accept a curriculum that has proven multiple times in other countries that it is nothing more than an abject failed experiment on kids that leads to very poor learning outcomes.
Perhaps a lawsuit might shake things up. When private-school enrolment in Canada has the highest levels right here in B.C., what more evidence do our educational leaders need to figure out that parents are frustrated? Our public education system deserves much better.
Implementing the most expensive curriculum ever, which introduces calculators in kindergarten and delays fractional arithmetic to Grade 8, is a recipe for disaster. Fix this.
Tara Houle
North Saanich
