Ontario Unveils New ‘Back to Basics’ Elementary Math Curriculum

Ontario Unveils New ‘Back to Basics’ Elementary Math Curriculum
Ontario Minister of Education Stephen Lecce speaks during the daily updates regarding COVID-19 at Queen's Park in Toronto on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press
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TORONTO—Ontario elementary students will be taught a new math curriculum starting in September that incorporates learning to code, expanded learning on financial literacy, and a return to memorizing multiplication tables.

Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced the new curriculum Tuesday and defended rolling it out in the middle of a pandemic, which will likely see students juggle both modified in-class learning and online lessons next year.