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Two studies of the first two years of full-day kindergarten show it’s helping pupils, especially those most in need, but critics still question the steep $1.5-billion price tag.
Though there were growing pains in the first two years of the program, overall, the kids who needed it most are benefitting from the program… Experts who study early childhood learning and some economists say the province can’t afford not to have full-day kindergarten… The number of “vulnerable” kids as a result of the program is going down
Tags: budget, disabilities, ideology, participation, poverty, standard of living
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What I learned at law school: The poor need not apply
… what does poverty feel like? Usually it starts with anger. You are angry at yourself, your family, and the indifferent forces that eventually grind you down. You push against these feelings because you don’t have the luxury – you have to keep on. You feel vulnerable. You teeter between risks not taken because the difference between failure and success is homelessness. Or you take stupid risks because you have nothing to lose… anger and envy will paralyze you. You need to deal with it somehow.
Tags: poverty, standard of living, youth
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Ottawa set to enforce standards for schools on reserves
The Conservative government is proposing an overhaul of education on First Nations reserves to bring schools up to provincial standards, with Ottawa temporarily taking over schools that fall short… Under the new act, the councils will continue to be responsible for schools on their reserves. They can maintain the status quo if they wish, but the act empowers them to contract the job out to a provincial school board or to a private company if they prefer.
Tags: budget, Indigenous, jurisdiction, rights, standard of living, youth
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Canadians have most degrees, highest tuition fees: reports
“While Canada continues to do well in terms of the number of students who go on to university and college, there are some real questions about the long-term sustainability of students and families being asked to pay what, according to the OECD, are some of the highest tuition fees in the world.”
Tags: budget, ideology, standard of living, youth
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New research shows positive impact of faculty associations
The Impact of Unionization on University Performance: A Cross-Sectional Time Series Analysis… shows that unionization leads to a more efficient and effective institution, while promoting student success… unionization has a “statistically significant impact on the budgetary mix between administration and instruction.” … unionized faculty play a stronger role in the management of an institution, and tend to keep expenditures more focused on teaching and learning.
Tags: budget, participation, standard of living
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Women struggle in information vacuum
“The difficulty of collecting data about violence against women has been a barrier… However, the data that do exist tell us three things very clearly: this problem is big, it comes at a high cost, and we are making little or no progress in putting a stop to it.”… This problem is going to worsen as Statistics Canada keeps phasing out surveys
Tags: crime prevention, rights, women
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Cost of university education to rise 13% over next four years: study
“Average tuition and compulsory fees in Canada have tripled since 1990, even after inflation is taken into account… No wonder there is growing public concern over student debt loads, economic and employment uncertainty, and the long-term ramifications being felt by students and their families.” … Ontario is the province with the highest fees and will see its tuition and other fees climb from $8,403 this fall to an estimated $9,517 in 2016-17.
Tags: budget, participation, poverty, standard of living, youth
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Helping students with mental health issues
During the past 20 years, postsecondary students with learning disabilities in Ontario have gone from likely failure to likely success. The reasons for this are deliberate and clear: There was a concerted effort to develop best practices for supporting learning-disabled students… the best practices involve services and supports anchored by the therapeutic alliance
Tags: disabilities, economy, mental Health, standard of living
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Clear priority: Vision tests for school-age children
When vision impairment goes unchecked it becomes a kind of invisible disability, affecting literacy, numeracy and skill development. It can also contribute to social exclusion… academic struggles are wrongly attributed to another cause, such as bad behaviour or cognitive ability… one in six children has a vision problem that makes it difficult to learn and read. At present, in many regions across the country, a child’s vision impairment may never be detected
Tags: disabilities, Health, standard of living, youth
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Ryerson allows aboriginal students to learn their own way
At a time when 95 per cent of aboriginal young people don’t go to university — and many of those who start fall away — the program Ryerson and FNTI have developed is worth heeding. It offers the youth of First Nations — the fastest-growing segment of Canada’s population — an opportunity to learn the skills they need without sacrificing their identity… There are no lecture halls, no passive listening and no jockeying for dominance. “We are all teachers and learners… We all bring our knowledge to the sharing circle.”
Tags: Indigenous, multiculturalism, participation
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