Press Release
Ontario is helping students succeed in math by reaching out to them online.
Through “Homework Help,” a website that provides free online math help to Ontario students in Grades 7-10, students are receiving the help they need to learn and pass math.
And parents are getting the tools they need to help with their kids’ assignments.
“Homework Help” tutors have helped students answer 40,000 questions this year.
Popular questions include:
•If a person is running 15 km/h, how long would it take to run 18 km? (Grade 7)
•A blueprint for a new house has a scale of 1:50. One room is 4/8 m by 6/4 m.
What is the size of the room on the blueprint? (Grade 8)
•Write each percent as a decimal: 45 percent, 135 percent, 0.7 percent (Grade 8)
•If y=2, what is -1+4y? (Grade 9)
•The rabbit’s jump was longer than the cat’s by 15 cm. The rabbit’s jump was 1.04 times as long as the cat’s.
How far did each jump? (Grade 9)
Initiatives like “Homework Help” are part of the McGuinty government’s plan to build the best-educated workforce in the world.
That leads to more investment and creates good jobs for families.
“Student success is a top priority for our government,” stressed Education minister Laurel Broten.
“‘Homework Help’ is a strong program that is helping parents and students with math homework, at no cost to them,” she noted.
“‘Homework Help’ really helped me!” said Grade 9 student Emily Lessel.
“The teachers who volunteer as online tutors never quit,” she added. “They made sure I understood the math homework I was working on, no matter how long it took.
“I also found it fun to learn online.”
About 600,000 students in 60 English school boards have access to free 24/7 online math help.
“Homework Help” is funded by the province and delivered by TVO’s Independent Learning Centre.
Live tutoring from certified Ontario teachers is available from 5:30-9:30 p.m. (ET), Sunday to Thursday.
Parents can now help their children by signing up for a free account for math tips, exercises, and more.
Meanwhile, through “SOS Devoirs,” all 90,000 of Ontario’s French-language students have access to an online tutoring service for Grades 1-12.
