New Classroom Resources Launched

Twenty-three new classroom resources to improve student performance and help teachers implement curriculum were released today, Sept. 6, by the Council of Atlantic Ministers of Education and Training.

The new textbooks, guides and web-based materials will be available in the 2007-08 school year in Atlantic Canadian schools.

Among the new resources are online math tutorials which offer learning support to students in more than 300 key areas of the Atlantic high school math curriculum. The tutorials can be accessed at school or from home by students and parents.

Many of the new teacher resources will support improved outcomes in literacy and numeracy. Among these resources are relevant information, based on current research, on different ways that boys and girls learn from kindergarten to Grade 12, strategies to narrow the achievement gap between boys and girls, and tools to improve reading comprehension in rural schools.

The new resources also include several textbooks and curriculum-support materials in courses such as social studies, science and math. The ministers of education and training are committed to supporting students and teachers in Atlantic Canada by providing new, engaging and custom-designed resources to address the specific and unique needs of Atlantic Canadian students.

The resources were developed with the assistance of interested people in education, including teachers from the Atlantic region.

The resources developed by education council also support the Council of Atlantic Premiers' commitment to regional co-operation, as reflected in the CAP action plan, Building on Progress: Atlantic Action Plan 2005-2008.

The Council of Atlantic Ministers of Education and Training is an agency of the Council of Atlantic Premiers that works to enhance co-operation in public and post-secondary education in Atlantic Canada by working together to improve learning, optimize efficiencies and bring added value to provincial initiatives.