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Home My WebLink AboutDoug Ford extends Ontario education consultation beyond sex ed - Globe & Mail - 08/22/2018 - Globe & Mail - 08/22/20188/23/2018 Doug Ford extends Ontario education consultation beyond sex ed - The Globe and Mail l% ,lt f CI,ZAY Doug Ford extends Ontario education consultation beyond sex ed CAROLINE ALPHONSO U("A"T 1101M R11:..:1P0lRT I1:..I1R JUSTIN GIOVANNETTI> IPU.UII3�11...11 S11NF.:'1D A U GU.USU 2, 7018 U IIS IDA I I::. D ) 11 M IR S AGO https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-government-says-it-will-discipline-teachers-who-dont-follow/ 1/7 8/23/2018 Doug Ford extends Ontario education consultation beyond sex ed - The Globe and Mail R, I�, l C f C `Z A � % As part of his announcement, Mr. Ford also threatened to discipline educators who defy his government's orders to use a 20 -year-old sex -education curriculum and he launched a platform for parents to anonymously report concerns on what is being taught in classrooms. S f 0 FR Y C, 0 N f II ISI U f:::::'. S 11:3 IE::! IL.. OW , l'.) VIE.::!.IFS 1f. II S IE [A IE.::!. IN 1f. Related: Head of Ontario's secondary -school teachers' union vows to defend educators teaching new sex -ed curriculum "We will not tolerate anybody using our children as pawns for grandstanding and political games. And, make no mistake, if we find somebody failing to do their job, we will act," Mr. Ford said in a statement. Mr. Ford, who criticized the previous Liberal government for not consulting enough on the sex -ed curriculum, had vowed that his government would go to all 124 provincial ridings and conduct the "largest consultation ever in Ontario's history when it comes to education." But Wednesday's announcement said only that the government would conduct an online survey and telephone town halls in "every region of Ontario." A spokeswoman for Education Minister Lisa Thompson would not explain whether https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-government-says-it-will-discipline-teachers-who-dont-follow/ 2/7 8/23/2018 Doug Ford extends Ontario education consultation beyond sex ed - The Globe and Mail 1U. " I iii �,i IU III IU II i!t � ,�i�.��.i G �a identity and the dangers of sexting. Several school boards have also issued statements over the summer that important and relevant sex -ed lessons will be included in classroom instruction regardless of which curriculum is in place. A school board could impose penalties on a teacher that would escalate from a verbal or a written warning to a suspension and termination. A complaint could also go to the Ontario College of Teachers, which licenses, regulates and disciplines teachers. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-government-says-it-will-discipline-teachers-who-dont-follow/ 3/7 8/23/2018 Doug Ford extends Ontario education consultation beyond sex ed - The Globe and Mail R, I�, l C f C I A ...r 0 IR Y C"A 0 N ...r II N Ll f::::.S f::3 IF.:::. IL... OW Mf.:a V If::::: F1, 1f II a IE I11 IF.:::. IN ...1.. ...r 0 IFR Y C. 0 N ...r II N U f:::S F3 IE::: IL... OW Al. V IE::: IR ...1f II S I[::: IM IE::: IN ...1.. For the coming school year, the government said, teachers are expected to use a "revised interim curriculum," which is based on the old health and physical education document taught between 1998 and 2015. It includes the 1998 document on sexual health. Gender identity is mentioned in the introduction and the glossary, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-government-says-it-will-discipline-teachers-who-dont-follow/ 4/7 8/23/2018 Doug Ford extends Ontario education consultation beyond sex ed - The Globe and Mail IU IIIG �� IU II i!;,i,�i�.��.i �a A system and hurt our young people," she said in a statement. The Official Opposition Leader also charged that Mr. Ford was only rewriting the curriculum to "appease a vocal minority of radical social conservatives." Tanya Granic Allen, who ran for the PC Party leadership earlier this year and who has been a vocal opponent of the 2015 sex -ed curriculum, said that parents still need clarity from the government that gender identity won't be taught. Still, she said, "I'm glad that the Doug Ford government is listening now, listening to parents." In a document published on Wednesday, the education ministry said that any parent who believes a teacher "is jeopardizing their child's education by deliberately ignoring Ontario's curriculum" should call the Ontario College of Teachers or file a complaint online. The government also launched a website for parents to anonymously disclose their worries about the curriculum being taught in their children's schools. The information would be shared with the OCT, the government said. Complaints on how the curriculum is taught have typically been referred to the school board, a teacher's employer, and it is unusual for the ministry to get involved. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-government-says-it-will-discipline-teachers-who-dont-follow/ 5/7 8/23/2018 Doug Ford extends Ontario education consultation beyond sex ed - The Globe and Mail 1U. �I!I,It ,�I�.��.I G�a Ministry of Education snitch line that bypasses the systems already in place to deal with issues at the school level will prohibit parents and educators from addressing classroom concerns constructively," he said. Speaking to reporters in Calgary, Alberta Education Minister David Eggen weighed in on the changes in Ontario and labelled it a "gong show." Mr. Eggen, speaking in the context of a continuing curriculum review by his NDP government, seized on what he called the Ford government's plans for "hot -tip line for parents to report on teachers" as an example of politicians trying to sow divisions for their own political ends. With a report from Kelly Cryderman F:011 11 OW CAR 011... II IN II:: All If'' H O IN O A IN ID J U .S"T" II IN G II O V IN IN IF."F . II O IN "U"' 1I 1 T' l::::112 C CAII..IPIHOINSO @jus IC"uNCCII0 112 IE F) O 112 T AIN U :11 R O 112 II 11 II 1 O 11211 A 11... 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