This is of course a political document, and so there's a little to like and a little to dislike on almost every page. There's the usual bits about evaluating teachers based on student progress (an ill-conceived idea in a provide where poverty is still a problem) and privatizing schools (another ill-conceived idea in a province where poverty is a problem). But buried in the middle of this document is something revolutionary: "The department will, in stages, eliminate grades. These will be replaced with flexible learn-ing environments beginning in the 2020-21 school year." (p.9) Now I don't know whether this is the government to do something like this - it does not jibe with the many more conservative threads in the document. But it's interesting that it's being considered, and certainly worth a wider discussion.
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