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Education

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Erroneous attacks won’t change data on Nova Scotia education

Provinces PISA scores in all three subjects are below the national average.


11:57AM
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Overall average provincial scores drop in all three PISA test subjects

Three years later B.C. has fallen to fourth place in reading, science and math.


9:05AM
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Busting the myth of Ontario's 'massive education cuts'

Between 2006/07 and 2015/16, per-student inflation-adjusted spending on public schools in Ontario increased by 18.5 per cent.


10:18AM
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Provide Schools Choice in Curriculum

The government monopoly on education curriculum eliminates diversity and experimentation that can lead to better methods of teaching.


10:26AM
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B.C. spent $11,216 per student annually on public schools compared to $13,115 in Alberta. 


10:48AM
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Research documents successful performance-based incentive experiments in England, India, Israel, Houston and Nashville.


3:12PM
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The share of Grade 9 students in Alberta scoring “below acceptable standards” in math increased more than 34 per cent.


10:21AM
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Charter schools outperformed all other types of schools in Alberta’s Provincial Achievement Tests (PATs) written in Grades 6 and 9.


4:08PM
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Dollars and Sense of Education Reform in B.C.

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.


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