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Author of the article: Josh Aldrich
Publishing date: Apr 18, 2021 • 19 hours ago • 5 minute read • Dr. Anna Stokke, the chairperson of mathematics and statistics at the University of Winnipeg, says a restructuring of the math curriculum in Manitoba is needed to stop the decline in outcomes in the K-12 school system. Photo by Handout /University of Winnipeg
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A Manitoba math professor says we need to get back to the basics when it comes to teaching math in this province.
Anna Stokke, the chairperson of mathematics and statistics at the University of Winnipeg, said a paradigm shift in the approach to the way the subject is taught in K-12 levels is one of the biggest reasons math outcomes have plummeted over the last 20 years.
Author of the article: Josh Aldrich
Publishing date: Apr 18, 2021 • 1 hour ago • 5 minute read • Dr. Anna Stokke, the chairperson of mathematics and statistics at the University of Winnipeg, says a restructuring of the math curriculum in Manitoba is needed to stop the decline in outcomes in the K-12 school system. Photo by Handout /University of Winnipeg
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A Manitoba math professor says we need to get back to the basics when it comes to teaching math in this province.
Anna Stokke, the chairperson of mathematics and statistics at the University of Winnipeg, said a paradigm shift in the approach to the way the subject is taught in K-12 levels is one of the biggest reasons math outcomes have plummeted over the last 20 years.
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Manitoba Teachers Society president James Bedford.
AN arbitration board has ruled teachers in Pembina Trails School Division should receive pay increases dating back to 2018 a decision that marked a defeat for the provincial government’s effort to freeze wages of public-sector workers.
AN arbitration board has ruled teachers in Pembina Trails School Division should receive pay increases dating back to 2018 a decision that marked a defeat for the provincial government’s effort to freeze wages of public-sector workers.
The new four-year collective agreement includes increases of 1.6 per cent for the 2018-19 school year, 1.4 per cent for the 2019-20 year and 0.5 per cent the projected rate of inflation for 2020 for the current school year. The increase for the upcoming school year will be tied to the 2021 inflation rate.
Essential workers, immunocompromised must wait for COVID vaccine shots as Manitoba determines priority by age
The praise being heaped on essential workers during the pandemic won t translate to an early vaccination in Manitoba at least, not yet.
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Teachers don t want another pat on the back, it s a shot in the arm : union president
Posted: Jan 27, 2021 8:00 PM CT | Last Updated: January 28
Essential workers are in close contact with people every day, but it doesn t put them higher on Manitoba s pecking order for a COVID-19 vaccination than other people of the same age. (Ben Nelms/CBC)