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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: D. Long who wrote (12444)10/16/2003 3:57:02 AM
From: frankw1900  Read Replies (1) of 793622
 
Too smart for their teachers? Maybe a few. But that's not it. They're onto something serious here:

A report released last week from the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation, written by Dr. Willms using data from OECD tests, found half of Canadian high school students scoring in the top 40% in math and literacy do not pursue post-secondary education because they feel disaffected from school. The report found the majority of those students were from middle-class and affluent families, and felt they did not fit in at school.

Half of those in the top 40% is far too high a proportion not to be going on to post secondary. Bill is closer to it with his formulation of religion, family and state although I expect looking closely at how schools are run might be illuminating. There is some sort of exclusionary process happening but I've no idea what it might be.

I got off my bum and took a look:

millenniumscholarships.ca
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