All students who apply to university need ‘U’ courses, but Toronto-area research reveals few students with zero Grade 12 ‘U’ courses apply for any post-secondary education at all.
- Professor, Jean Augustine Chair in Education, Community & Diaspora, York University, Canada
Both teachers and our media landscape contribute to how youth make sense of what is expected of them, and who are bound to excel in which fields.
Recently, specious claims against critical race theory have been showing up in Canada. School boards are being questioned about their anti-racism policies and the teaching of CRT to students.
Carl James and Kulsoom Anwer discuss the injustices and inequalities in the Canadian education system.
If Ontario’s de-streaming of high schools isn’t accompanied with other efforts to address cultural norms and values, streaming in many other forms and guises will continue.
Decades of inadequate teaching material and resources to support Black students in Ontario means they are severely underserved by their schools.
Working class parents may be too busy to attend high school events, but they take an active role in their children’s success.
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