With her six-year-old child in the public school system, Amanda Hunter is concerned about her daughter’s literacy skills, just like parents across the province.
But after hearing from Education Minister Stephen Lecce, who announced the budget for the 2023-24 school year as well as tabling the Better School and Students Act last week, she doesn’t understand “how this change is going to fix the issue.”
The ministry’s proposed legislation would see the government take more control over how schools are run, setting expectations for student achievement, adding performance metrics and training for trustees and board officials, and allows the ministry to direct the sale of schools.