DOUG FORD GOVERNMENT SETS SIGHTS ON ONTARIO’S SCHOOL SYSTEM

Premier Doug Ford’s government is embarking on what it calls a transformation of Ontario’s school system that includes pushing a back-to-basics agenda and giving the education minister more power.

The groundwork for this transformation is laid in a new bill that Education Minister Stephen Lecce tabled on Monday, dubbed the Better Schools and Student Outcomes Act.

In announcing the bill, Lecce said it is designed “to refocus the education system on improving outcomes for students.”