Government launches consultations on HPE

Limestone Learning Foundation
Government launches consultations on HPE
Posted on 09/27/2018

The government launched consultations on education reform on September 27, 2018. There will be three ways for people to participate:

  • An online submission form, available now, that allows people, organizations or groups to provide their views on any of the consultation topics. Submissions can also be sent to the ministry by emailing [email protected].
  • An online survey that will be available soon in English and French, with questions that relate to the key themes below. 
  • Telephone town halls across Ontario, with separate town halls in English and French.   

The telephone town hall discussions will be  aligned with the themes discussed in the survey. The dates and times of these town halls will be posted on fortheparents.ca as they become available.
 
The consultations are intended to focus on the following topics: 

  • How to improve student performance in the disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM);
  • How our schools are preparing students with needed job skills;
  • What more can be done to ensure students graduate with important life skills, like financial literacy;
  • How to build an updated and age-appropriate Health and  Physical Education curriculum that includes subjects like sexual health education, mental health and the legalization of cannabis; 
  • What measures can be taken to improve standardized testing; 
  • What steps schools should take regarding the use of  technology in classrooms, such as the use of cell phones; and
  • What elements would participants like to see included in the  Ministry of Education Parents’ Bill of Rights.

For up-to-date information on all of the ways people can participate, please visit fortheparents.ca.

The Limestone District School Board is situated on traditional territories of the Anishinaabe & Haudenosaunee.