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Education

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All provinces—not just Alberta—should embrace charter schools

According to long-term trends, public school spending is rising while test scores are falling.


8:30AM
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Students pay price for collapse of testing in B.C. schools

Less than half of the province's Grade 10 students are proficient in numeracy.


9:33AM
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Student performance on the wane in B.C.

The more students know about a topic, the more likely they’ll be able to understand what they read.


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B.C. teacher union wages wrongheaded war on student testing

The province's Grade 4 students suffered learning losses due to pandemic disruptions.


10:17AM
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PISA results—a breakdown by province

Manitoba, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick are among the lowest-scoring provinces on both assessments.


9:00AM
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PISA results—a snapshot of schools in Canada

When governments closed schools and disrupted learning, many families rediscovered the important contributions schools make to modern society.


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PISA results reveal similarities between some provinces and European countries

In science, Alberta outscored highly-ranked countries including Estonia and Finland.


11:22AM
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Student Enrolment in Canada, Part 3: More families choosing to homeschool

The Prairie provinces have higher homeschooling enrolment than other provinces.


1:00AM
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Student Enrolment in Canada, Part 2: Government-run public school enrolment on the wane

At 86.5 per cent, B.C. has the smallest proportion of students in government-run public schools.


9:19AM
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Student Enrolment in Canada, Part 1: Independent school enrolment on the rise

Between 2006/07 to 2019/20, independent school enrolment increased from 6.7 per cent to 7.6 per cent of total K-12 enrolment.


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