First Year Investment of Ontario’s Four-Year Math Strategy Announced

The government announced details of the first year of funding under the new $200-million math strategy – beginning with an initial investment of $55 million in the 2019-2020 school year. This investment will support critical programming and resources for students and educators alike, by focusing on teaching fundamentals.

These investments will:

• Provide funding to all school boards in the province to hire math-learning leads to coordinate and support board-level improvement efforts;
• Invest in extensive training and coaching in over 700 targeted elementary and secondary schools, providing educators with direct access to experts and evidence-based instruction to develop the knowledge and pedagogy for better equipping students to succeed in math;
• Expand online tutoring programs for students to make sure opportunities for high-quality math instruction is not limited to the classroom;
• Deliver $6 million in support for summer learning programs to prevent learning loss;
• Ensure new teachers entering the profession have the skills to teach math, and involve math in their teaching where appropriate, through investments in professional development for educators dealing with math proficiency; and
• Contribute $4 million to subsidize additional qualifications (AQ) math courses for teachers, which will further build skills and confidence for educators at the front of the classroom.