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RSS FeedsSex-ed plan will `drag our schools backwards,“ Horwath tells teachers
(The Star Food)

 
 

14 august 2018 17:49:36

 
Sex-ed plan will `drag our schools backwards,“ Horwath tells teachers
(The Star Food)
 


The provinceā€™s plan to abandon the current sex-ed curriculum and revert to 1998 lesson plans is a ā€œregressive moveā€ that will hurt students, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath told Ontarioā€™s elementary school teachers on Tuesday.ā€œDoug Ford wants to drag our schools backwards,ā€ she said at the annual meeting of the Elementary Teachersā€™ Federation of Ontario being held at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel.ā€œHeā€™s taking our curriculum back to the last century and heā€™s hurting Ontarioā€™s most vulnerable youth in the process. Letā€™s be very clear, the updated health and physical education curriculum, and the educators who deliver it, saves lives.ā€Her comments, delivered in front of about 800 delegates, drew loud applause.She commended the teachers and school boards who are standing up to ā€œoppose this regressive moveā€, saying, ā€œI know you are standing up for your students.ā€The union, which represents 83,000 educators, has denounced the provinceā€™s plan to revert to the outdated curriculum, saying it is irresponsible and does not address issues such as same-sex families, gender, internet safety, and cyberbullying.Read more: Rolling back sex-ed curriculum ā€˜irresponsible, reckless,ā€™ teachers union president saysMore legal challenges on the way over Ford governmentā€™s outdated sex-ed curriculumFamilies to launch human rights case over outdated sex-ed curriculumETFO president Sam Hammond told members Monday that the union will ā€œvigorously defendā€ any teacher who sticks to the current curriculum, calling the governmentā€™s behaviour ā€œreckless.ā€ He said the governmentā€™s actions conflict with a teacherā€™s responsibility to ensure studentsā€™ safety and that their human rights are not violated.The union has also instructed its lawyers to intervene in any proceeding before the Human Rights Tribunal and to assist applicants. L ...


 
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