Ontario Tables Bill Seeking Greater Control Over School Boards

Ontario Tables Bill Seeking Greater Control Over School Boards
Stephen Lecce, minister of education for Ontario, makes an announcement in Toronto on Jan. 12, 2022. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press
Marnie Cathcart
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Ontario is introducing legislation to give the province more control over school boards’ academic priorities and the education system in areas of student achievement and teacher education.

Education Minister Stephen Lecce began an April 17 news conference by reading a quote from the Royal Commission of Learning, commissioned by the NDP government in 1990.