Education Program Deemed Successful

A program introduced to all elementary schools last year is helping the Rainy River District School Board and its teachers plan for the future.

The Critical Learning Instructional Pathway helps identify student needs in the classroom.

The board's effective school leader Sylvia Parker says its a program has to led many student successes.

"We know that education today is changing," says Parker, "and that we have to develop students who are really critical thinkers. To do that we have to dig a little bit deeper. It's not just a curriculum that we're trying to cover, but we're also trying to develop the ability to think critically and make the connection with not just with what they're doing everyday in school but with the outside world."

Parker says the program has led to improved EQAO results at some schools.