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Teacher supply goes from glut to scarcity in a few short years
Friday, January 11th, 2019
First-year teacher unemployment in Ontario dropped from 38 percent in 2013 to 14 percent by 2017 and is “well into the single digits” this year… Among the contributing factors, say observers, is the slowly rising number of teacher retirements coupled with increasing school enrolments in parts of the country, cuts to teacher education programs, patchy applicant interest after years of hearing there were no jobs, and region-specific circumstances that have impacted supply and demand.
Tags: jurisdiction, standard of living, youth
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Canadian researchers launch national index of well-being
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Oct 21, 2011
… the new Canadian Index of Wellbeing, or CIW… is a national index that aims to measure and track the quality of life of Canadians… comprised of eight sub-indices: community vitality, democratic engagement, education, environment, healthy populations, leisure and culture, living standards and time use… The overall index will convert the indicators into a single number that, like GDP or the S&P/TSX Composite Index, will move up and down over time, indicating whether the Canadian quality of life is improving or deteriorating.
Tags: standard of living
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Norwegians don’t pay tuition, and more of them finish university
Wednesday, November 17th, 2010
September 27, 2010
Despite its wealth, Norway kept income and sales taxes high, using those tax dollars to fund an extensive social safety net – it’s ranked the world’s best country to live in by the United Nations’ Human Development Index… The quality of a Norwegian university education is high, yet tuition is usually free. Norwegian students pay an administrative fee of less than $100 per semester that helps finance services such as kindergartens for their children, health care and advisory help. The government pays students’ living expenses through a combined loan and scholarship…
Tags: ideology, participation, tax
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