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Manitoba Education Lowering Its Standards

MB Ed is reducing requirements for new teachers graduating from B.Ed. programs

Jillian Enright
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4 min readJan 13, 2025

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…but does that really matter?

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As reported by Darren Bernhardt at CBC News Manitoba, “Until the end of October, when the province made the changes, prospective teachers in the early and middle years streams needed to have six credit hours in each of the subjects of math, science, and languages (specifically, one of Canada’s official languages).”

These specific credits will no longer be mandatory for teachers to graduate with a Bachelor of Education degree in Manitoba, a province which has consistently scored the worst in math and reading on standardized tests in Canada.

The fact that standardized tests are primarily for political optics than an effective way to measure the experience and learning success of students aside, taking math courses in University is not the same thing as learning how to teach math to elementary or middle school students.

“There isn’t research supporting that having those three or six credit hours in an undergrad math course results in better teachers in mathematics. It, in fact, sometimes results in worse teachers in early and middle years mathematics,” Professor Martha Koch told CBC News.

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Jillian Enright
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Written by Jillian Enright

She/they. Neurodivergent, 20+ yrs SW & Psych. experience. I write about mental health, neurodiversity, education, and parenting. Founder of Neurodiversity MB.

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