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Michael Zwaagstra
Study
K-12 Education Reform in British Columbia
Education spending increased in BC since 2012/13 to $14,767 per student, but academic performance substantially declined over same period
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Michael Zwaagstra,
and Max Shang
Commentary
‘Grade inflation’ gives students false sense of their academic abilities
Appeared in the Epoch Times
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Michael Zwaagstra
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Michael Zwaagstra
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Michael Zwaagstra
Commentary
B.C. parents confused by government’s new ‘descriptive’ grading
Appeared in the Vancouver Sun
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Paige MacPherson
Study
BC’s Descriptive Grading on Report Cards Has Parents Yearning for the ABCs
More than 60% of B.C. parents unable to correctly identify new ‘descriptive’ grading terms in schools
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Paige MacPherson
Commentary
Bloated school boards can’t cry poverty while blowing money on lavish weekends
Appeared in the Hamilton Spectator
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Michael Zwaagstra
Commentary
Atlantic provinces should emulate Alberta’s charter school success story
Appeared in the Halifax Chronicle Herald
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Michael Zwaagstra
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Michael Zwaagstra