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TDSB chair expresses concerns about effects of COVID-related ... (Globalnews.ca)

Brown said the ministry's kindergarten program includes one teacher and one early childhood educator in each classroom, but noted that the class size regulation ...

This will enable higher levels of staffing, along with the largest tutoring expansion and mental health funding in Ontario history, to better support students as we work to get them back on track. Brown said many “crucial community-level public services,” like health supports for healthy babies and families, were delayed due to staff redeployment related to COVID-19, which limits the current understanding of the development of young children. “Early childhood development depends on experience, and particularly social experience, which stimulates, tunes and hones the brain’s unfolding architecture,” Brown wrote.

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TDSB raises concerns about 'extraordinary developmental needs' of ... (CTV Toronto)

The chair of the Toronto District School Board is expressing concerns about the “extraordinary developmental needs” of incoming Kindergarten students who he ...

1 hr ago 1 hr ago 1 hr ago 1 hr ago 1 hr ago 1 hr ago 1 hr ago 1 hr ago 1 hr ago 1 hr ago 1 hr ago The ministry has previously said that ECE’s “bring a focus on age-appropriate program planning” into its Kindergarten classrooms.

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TDSB writes letter to Lecce citing extraordinary concerns for ... (CityNews Toronto)

Last Updated Mar 25, 2022, 12:48AM EDT. In a written letter to Ontario's education minister, the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) chair says it's worried ...

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TDSB chairperson concerned about 'extraordinary developmental ... (Toronto Sun)

The chairperson of the Toronto District School Board has written an open letter to Education Minister Stephen Lecce.

“This will enable higher levels of staffing, along with the largest tutoring expansion and mental health funding in Ontario history, to better support students as we work to get them back on track. “New students entering Junior Kindergarten in the 2022-23 school year will have spent the vast majority of their existence living through the COVID-19 pandemic,” Brown wrote. Article content

Letter: Addressing Pandemic Impacts on Youngest Learners (tdsb.on.ca)

Dear Minister Lecce, On behalf of the Toronto District School Board, I am writing you to express concerns about the extraordinary developmental needs of ...

There is also limited existing data on COVID-19 pandemic impacts on infants and young children, yet one small New York study indicates slight neurodevelopmental delays on children born during the pandemic. Early childhood development depends on experience, and particularly social experience, which stimulates, tunes and hones the brain’s unfolding architecture. New students entering Junior Kindergarten in the 2022-23 school year will have spent the vast majority of their existence living through the COVID-19 pandemic.

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