Ontario Liberals To Solve Calculus Problem

It seems that calculus, as it's currently being taught, is too tough for Ontario students. The McGuinty Liberals, in their quest to guarantee 100% high school graduation, have the solution - they'll just take out the hard parts.

From The Globe And Mail:

The Ontario government is studying a proposal to change the current calculus high-school curriculum and scrap certain sections.

A spokeswoman for Education Minister Gerard Kennedy said yesterday that some of the advanced concepts, now taught in Grade 12, may be removed because students need a solid lesson in the basics before getting to university.
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But there is fear in some quarters that the calculus course will be watered down.

"We just don't feel that students would be adequately prepared for an engineering education as they are now," said Annette Bergeron, past chair of the Ontario Society of Professional Engineers and the group's representative on the Council of Ontario Deans of Engineering.