On first look, the chair of Hamilton’s public school board is suggesting Ontario’s recent funding announcements, which includes changes to literacy and math curriculums, appear to just be a “repackaging of money” already announced.
Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board’s (HWDSB) Dawn Danko is praising the “back to basics” focus on math and literacy but says the commitments announced this week by Education Minister Stephen Lecce “isn’t necessarily new money.”
“We do welcome a renewed focus on getting back to basics, focusing on math skills, core literacy skills and purposeful support for that,” Danko told 900 CHML’s Good Morning Hamilton.