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Eliminating Tuition and Compulsory Fees for Post-Secondary Education
… unsustainable levels of student debt, acts as a barrier for many people… This paper outlines a clear path towards accessible post-secondary education in Canada. By shifting the focus of, and slightly increasing, current federal funding for post-secondary education, it is possible to reduce tuition and other compulsory fees to zero as a means of easing the financial burden on new graduates, with clear spinoff benefits for the wider economy.
Tags: economy, ideology, jurisdiction, participation, standard of living, youth
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Prof’s take on teacher pay off base
David Johnson… says that we could get away with paying teachers less while maintaining similar student scores on corporate-friendly standardized tests… We can do better by addressing problem stated in Johnson’s book, Signposts of Success. Almost half the variation in schools’ results is related to the student’s socio-economic conditions… teacher incomes… have only matched inflation in the past 45 years.
Tags: budget, ideology, poverty, standard of living, youth
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The ethical failure of the swearing Laurentian professor
Academic freedom rightly attends that privilege so that unpopular and challenging ideas remain part of the innovative work universities foster. With these privileges come responsibilities. Professors should not play games with students’ trust, make use of common chauvinisms to titillate and create intimacy, or ask students to sign away their ability to critique, even implicitly.
Tags: ideology, participation, rights
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Autism therapy wait-list swells to more than 16,000 kids
Children and Youth Services Minister Tracy MacCharles said autism funding has increased by $100 million annually since 2004, to $190 million this year, but conceded more can be done. “We know that the prevalence of autism has increased in recent years, from 1 in 100 to 1 in 68, and we know that we need to make further progress for these children and their families,” said MacCharles, who has an expert panel looking at the issue.
Tags: budget, child care, disabilities, Health, mental Health, standard of living, youth
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Stop ‘streaming’ students in Grade 9
The OECD… recommends a “common curriculum” until the senior years of high school so that kids won’t see their post-secondary options limited… Keeping them in the academic stream for their first year, at least, can lead to higher pass rates, give more teens a chance to go onto university if they choose to, and stop the practice of seeing vulnerable poor and racialized groups over-represented in the applied courses.
Tags: featured, ideology, immigration, Indigenous, mental Health, multiculturalism, participation, youth
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The skills paradox
… we should put more effort into delivering and evaluating post-immigration programs to support the language skills and cultural capital that underpin successful integration of newcomers into the labour market. And we should offer more opportunities for training and continuing education for older workers in order to boost the skills of those whose time in the conventional classroom lie years behind them.
Tags: economy, ideology, immigration, participation, standard of living
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Reconciliation begins by closing the graduation gap
Put simply, postsecondary education (PSE) matters for addressing income inequality and fulfilling economic potential for aboriginal Canadians, making all of Canada better off. But despite growing numbers of First Nations, Inuit and Metis university graduates, the gap with the rest of the population continues to grow… Curricula, programs and the full range of university services must better promote and respect indigenous knowledge, experiences and world views so all students may learn and benefit from exchange and understanding.
Tags: Indigenous, participation, poverty, rights, standard of living, youth
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Helping students, without burdening everyone else
Student loans are usually tied to financial need, in order to make post-secondary education available to the greatest number of people. But this isn’t a good argument for removing the obligation for students to pay the money back. At least with a loan, the liability is funded, even if that money takes time to come back to government coffers… if non-repayable grants become an expectation of government, there will be pressure for all provinces to provide them, including ones that cannot afford to do so.
Tags: budget, ideology, poverty, tax, youth
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Why university should be universal
Not only is it now clear that the benefits of higher education continue, and even improve, as the enrolment numbers increase, but there are fairly conclusive signs that Canada still does not produce enough degree holders… 80 per cent of the projected job shortages are in fields requiring a university degree… given the dramatic results of this experiment, that Canada would be plunging into a project to make university universal. But, in fact, we’re retreating… education spending is frozen.
Tags: economy, featured, globalization, ideology, participation, standard of living
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Education incentive: $1,000 a year to keep some Leamington students in high school
The money, up to $4,000, is put in a bursary for their post-secondary education. The cash incentive and one-on-one support is to help teens not only finish high school but go on to college or university… Poverty affects most of the families involved with the local CAS. About 75 to 80 per cent are among the working poor or living on benefits… Based on a Toronto program, the estimated return rate is a savings of $24 for every dollar spent on helping a child get to post-secondary education
Tags: participation, poverty, standard of living, youth
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