Ontario has unveiled its new "back to basics" elementary math curriculum, which includes new sections on financial literacy and coding. Students in Grades 1 to 8 will begin learning the updated curriculum when the school year resumes in September. The Progressive Conservative government has repeatedly blamed the previous Liberal governments for upending the math curriculum and focusing too heavily on experimentation and problem solving. The new math curriculum, which can be viewed in its entirety here, is broken down into the following sections:Social-emotional learning skills in mathematics and mathematics processes. Ontario Premier Doug Ford has been signalling his intention to revamp the provincial math curriculum since before his election in 2018, though educators have warned that improving math ability among students will not be a straightforward task.

Source: CBC News June 23, 2020 17:10 UTC