Archive for the “education” category
Reason 3 not to vote for the Conservatives: who cuts literacy funding?
by Luke Rodgers on September 12, 2008
We could be doing worse, but research does show that Canada has a literacy problem.
So, if that’s the case, why would the Conservatives cut $17.7 million CDN from adult and family literacy programs? This is old news, but it made (…)
Compelling graphs from the WHO Report on Social Determinants of Health
by Luke Rodgers on August 29, 2008
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Commission on the Social Determinants of Health has just released its final report which, though I have not read it in detail (it’s pretty long), seems to have some powerfully-worded recommendations and calls-to-action with regard (…)
Canadian students’ environmental knowledge and attitudes
by Luke Rodgers on June 9, 2008
Those interested in the environment may have missed some relevant findings from the 2006 OECD’s PISA Science assessment results. The education findings are well-known (Canadian youth score highly both on raw achievement and on equity measures), but less well-known is (…)
What are the relationships between learning and engagement at school?
by Luke Rodgers on June 6, 2008
I think all we can really say for now is that “we think there’s something there, but we’re not sure what”.
A cursory glance at the recent PISA figures on student achievement in science seem to show no macro-level relationship between (…)
