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The Manitoba government released its kindergarten to Grade 12 strategy with a focus on putting students first, Education Minister Cliff Cullen announced, saying the Better Education Starts Today (BEST) strategy that will shift resources to the classroom while giving parents and guardians much more input, as it rebuilds Manitoba’s kindergarten to Grade 12 education system through the proposed putting students first bill.
“The strategy introduces a much-needed change to create a unified provincial education system that is accountable for results, classroom-focused, student centered and parent-friendly, leading to the most improved education system in Canada,” said Cullen. “We want students to graduate high school with the knowledge, skills and competencies they need to move into post-secondary education, the labour market, or whatever path they choose, and have the best opportunity to succeed.”
Education minister Peter Weir pushed back at criticism of Nelson McCausland (Northern Ireland Assembly)
Northern Ireland’s education minister Peter Weir defended DUP colleague Nelson McCausland after he shared “ex-gay” propaganda, claiming he did nothing wrong.
Weird pushed back at criticism of McCausland, who formerly represented the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) on the Northern Ireland Assembly and currently sits on the board of the nation’s Education Authority.
McCausland has defied calls to resign after sharing “ex-gay” propaganda on Facebook, having described an account of a man who renounced homosexuality as a “powerful testimony of a life changed by God”.
A former DUP minister has been accused of advocating for LGBTQ+ conversion therapy
Conversion therapy is still legal in NI
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Former DUP minister and Education Authority board member Nelson McCausland has come under fire after sharing an article that seemingly endorsed conversion therapy.
The post which has since been deleted from McCausland’s Twitter account, was from a 2019 Gospel Coalition article focusing on Becket Cook, a former Hollywood set designer. The article states that Cook identified as gay until he “met Jesus” in 2009. He has since claimed to have rejected same-sex attraction and has vowed to remain single and celibate for the remainder of his life.