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Make curriculum more Africentric: McGuinty
TheStar.com – Ontario – Make curriculum more Africentric: McGuinty
February 06, 2008
Keith Leslie, THE CANADIAN PRESS
Creating a school focused on black students is the wrong approach, but changing the Ontario school curriculum for all students to make it more inclusive is an idea worth pursuing, Premier Dalton McGuinty said today.
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McGuinty quash black-focused schools if they become a trend
GlobeandMail.com – national
February 1, 2008 at 1:44 PM EST
The Canadian Press
Kitchener, Ont. — Premier Dalton McGuinty says the governing Liberals “won’t hesitate to act†if other school boards follow Toronto’s lead and start up black-focused schools.
Mr. McGuinty says he’ll be watching what happens in Toronto very closely after the public board narrowly voted to establish one of Canada’s first black-focused schools.
He says the idea of a separate, black-focused school runs contrary to the Liberal vision of education.
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One black school is not a cure-all
TheStar.com – comment – One black school is not a cure-all
January 31, 2008
The Toronto public school board’s controversial decision to open the first black-focused school in Canada should not be used as an excuse to ignore the racial problems across the whole school system. After all, only a small percentage of the black students in Toronto will be able to attend the one experimental school that is to be set up.
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The native education gap
National Post – opinion
January 30, 2008
John Richards,
Among Pierre Trudeau’s first initiatives as prime minister was his 1969 “white paper” on Aboriginal policy. Its prescription was straightforward: eliminate reserves, and treat “registered Indians” as individuals with rights and obligations identical to those of other Canadians.
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Canada 3rd in world survey of science students
TheStar.com – News – Canada 3rd in world survey of science students
Ontario 15-year-olds score highest among all ten provinces in OECD study
December 04, 2007
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PARIS – Finnish students came out on top of a worldwide education study on science performance by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development published today.
But after Finnish students, 15-year-olds from Hong Kong and Canada came in at second and third place in proficiency at science, the focus of this year’s study.
Within Canada, Ontario scored the highest of all ten provinces.
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From sea to sea to sea, a model for the world
TheStar.com – comment – From sea to sea to sea, a model for the world
December 24, 2007
Deborah Coyne
What does it mean to be Canadian when we come from everywhere?
How do we forge a shared national purpose among people who have never shared anything before?
The world is coming to Canada. More and more Canadians are global citizens, exploring the world or staying connected to our countries of origin more instantly, more easily and more inexpensively than ever before.
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