The share of Grade 9 students in Alberta scoring “below acceptable standards” in math increased more than 34 per cent.
Education
Charter schools outperformed all other types of schools in Alberta’s Provincial Achievement Tests (PATs) written in Grades 6 and 9.
Families are sensitive to the price of education, which is why provinces that do not provide funding generally have much lower rates of independent school enrolment.
Quebecers elected the Coalition Avenir Québec with an overwhelming majority.
Ontario has a higher percentage of students in independent schools than Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Alberta currently offers the greatest degree of school choice in Canada.
Alberta is currently the only province to offer charter schools.
Now that sick days are use-it-or-lose-it, it’s much more rational to take the day at home instead.
Most separate schools are Roman Catholic.
In eight out of 10 provinces, enrolment in francophone schools, measured as a share of total enrolment, increased.
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