Calculus gets a reprieve

The Government of Ontario is reviewing its plan to cut calculus from the high school curriculum.

According to Gerard Kennedy, the education minister, a task force will review the math curriculum to determine how much calculus should be taught. Its recommendations would take effect in the 2007-2008 school year.

So there is a chance yet that wiser minds will prevail. The task force will include a parent, a math teacher, an employer, a student and math specialists.