[Canada] Educators debate whether some math basics are 'a dead issue in the year 2016'

When it comes to improving the math skills of Ontario students, the $60 million recently pledged by the province will likely just make matters worse, suggests University of Manitoba mathematics professor Robert Craigen.

"Guess what, you've just funded the ideas that are already causing the problems," he said.

In fact, says Craigen, when you look at the spending on math education per pupil across Canada, there's an inverse relationship — provinces spending the most are getting the worst results.