The province’s education consultations drew 72,000 submissions — online and via call-in town halls — and the government plans to release an update on the results in the next few months. “I am encouraged by the level and quality of engagement in these consultations,” Education Minister Lisa Thompson said in a statement released Monday. “It was really well-facilitated and it was an interesting way to build a conversation about public education. “I definitely didn’t feel like it was taken over by anybody.” Thompson has said she will consider releasing all submissions. Ontario’s modernized sex-ed curriculum was created after years of work with health experts, educators, parents, as well as dozens of professionals at hospitals across Ontario, including Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children.

Source: thestar January 01, 2019 00:16 UTC