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The mission of universities has always been the passing on and expansion of human knowledge, which has made universities contribute much to the historic growth in Canadian and world income. This traditional mission is now threatened by policies designed and enforced by many employees that were recently hired by Canadian universities to work in offices […]

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Mar 8 2024

Woke Book Censors Strike Again!

Education / By Riley Donovan

“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.” – To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird will no longer be on the recommend reading list in Surrey schools. But rest assured, says Surrey school district communications director Ritinder Matthew: “We are not banning

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Dec 15 2023

Canadian Math Scores Not Adding Up

Education / By Riley Donovan

I never was very good at math. Some of my best Grade 10 math scores were achieved via the Forgotten Calculator scheme, whereby myself and a few co-conspirators gained permission to share a calculator, then passed it around with the right answer typed in by the one guy with some mathematical talent. This went along

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Aug 12 2023

The Decline of BC Schools Intensifies

Education / By Riley Donovan

Starting in the 2023-2024 school year, students from kindergarten to Grade 9 in British Columbia schools will no longer receive letter grades. Instead, there will be a four-point scale that includes “Emerging”, “Developing”, “Proficient”, and “Extending” – along with “descriptive feedback”. Rather than report cards, there will be five “reporting events”, consisting of four “Learning

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Jul 31 2023

Can Education be Inclusive Without Failing?

Education / By Mark Hecht

Education is failing. It’s heading for skid row. But maybe we can fix it. “Even though Canada performed very well in the 2018 PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment)… scores have declined in all subjects,” the Fraser Institute reported four years later. If we care to fix it, and assuming we do, we need to

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Jul 21 2023

KOJO Institute: The Equity Consultants Fighting “Whiteness” in Canadian Education

Culture, Education / By Riley Donovan

Editor’s note: Readers who are already familiar with the background of this case can skip directly to the second section of the article. The Tragic Case of Richard Bilkszto Principal Richard Bilkszto was widely acclaimed by family, friends and colleagues for the care he showed towards his students over the course of his 24-year career.

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