TORONTO — The Ontario government released the province's new elementary math curriculum to better prepare students for work in a rapidly changing world, strengthen math competence and improve grades.

Ontario’s elementary students will learn how to code starting in Grade 1, add fractions in Grade 5 and carry out financial planning in Grade 6. They will have to recall number facts, and go back to ...

How many years' worth of students need to be rendered innumerate before provincial curriculum writers admit their little "discovery math" gambit has been a failure? Five? Ten? I realize that question ...

Mar. 31—ROYAL CITY — Royal schools will be seeing some changes in math after the Royal School Board voted unanimously at its meeting Monday to adopt new K-3 and 4-6 math curricula. The curriculum for ...

Parents are being forced to hit the books and help tutor their kids through a confusing curriculum. When mother of two Anna Stokke began digging into the elementary school math curriculum last year, ...

Parents signing petitions. Governments forced to defend their positions. A declaration that Canada's problem is on the scale of a national emergency. Welcome to the Math Wars, a battle that's been ...

As the province prepares to embark on a complete "curriculum refresh" hoping to address years of slumping math scores, several Ontario educators say the key is going back to basics. Just fix the ...