And it requires “asking the hard questions” and listening to difficult truths from people who don’t usually have the floor. Extensive community consultations over the past year by the TDSB’s enhancing equity task force have revealed the current system is failing many of the most marginalized students, says Malloy. But those messages, along with accounts of discrimination and low expectations, came through loud and clear and were reflected in the task force’s draft report released last month. And Malloy said critics who have claimed the net result will be compromising quality or lowering standards are wrong. The goal is “high expectations, effective programs, all students being served — which means that some changes must happen,” he says.

Source: thestar November 06, 2017 02:26 UTC