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Category Archives: Education
Manitoba students last in Canada in science and math, second last in reading | CBC News
Results show Manitoba doing worse in all three categories than in previous years Kristin Annable · CBC News · Posted: Dec 03, 2019 The PISA 2018 assessment tests the capabilities of 15-year-olds in reading, math and science literacy through a … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Education, Financial, manitoba, News and politics, Sustainability, winnipeg
Tagged bloated bureaucracy, Education, fiscal mismanagement, government, manitoba, NDP, PC, performance, reigning in, report, review, school taxes, study, Sustainability, winnipeg
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University is not a harder version of high school (and more first-timer advice) – The Globe and Mail
ANDREA CHANDLER CONTRIBUTED TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 UPDATED 13 HOURS AGO ILLUSTRATION BY ASHLEY WONG https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/first-person/article-university-is-not-a-harder-version-of-high-school-and-more-first/
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Policies restricting drug use are fueling the drug crisis, says Dr. Carl Hart – CBC Ideas
Neuropsychopharmacologist Carl Hart believes attitudes and laws around drug use need to change, particularly in his own country, the United States. (Harper Collins) Hart argues risks associated with drug use have been overstated for healthy adults June 6 2019 – … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Human Rights and Freedoms, law, News and politics
Tagged addiction, adults, cannabis, drug use, fentanyl, grownups, injustice, laws, meth, methamphetamine, opioids, police, responsible, safe injection, testing, unjust
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BRODBECK: Trustees’ anti-amalgamation petition is wrong | Winnipeg Sun
Comments With the efforts by the current Manitoba government to reign in wasteful and unsustainable spending plus improve poor performance in Education these high paid trustees and superintendents are getting desperate. They have been called trough feeders that do more … Continue reading
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Why are many liberal leaders being called socialists or communists and Conservative leaders fascists or authoritarians?
A two dimensional view of the political spectrum. April 19 2019 – Kevin Yaworski – Concerned Citizen Many political right and left wing supporters resorting to extreme views and opinions to try and make their points. Less and less importance … Continue reading
High number of foreign students in Canada and some other western countries
Student numbers from Statistics Canada and some other western countries April 17 2019 – Concerned Citizens Several posts on social misleadia are saying “In Canada, even high school officials boast about bringing in foreign students for high schools. There is … Continue reading
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Many Canadian and U.S. schools are waking up to the China threat
April 7 2019 https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/rogin-u-s-schools-are-waking-up-to-the-china-threat https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/while-canadas-relationship-with-china-grows-tense-edmonton-public-schools-renews-deal-with-confucius-institute/amp https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius_Institute
City of Winnipeg ponders honourary renaming street after the boy who died tragically in traffic accident
Surafiel Musse Tesfamariam died tragically Feb. 13, 2018, in a traffic accident while on his way to school. (obittree.com) — Apr 2 2019 – Kevin Yaworski – Concerned Citizen and Volunteer Public Advocate There is more that drivers and pedestrians … Continue reading
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MB Government closes central education library
The Curriculum Support Centre is located in the Robert Fletcher Building.(Google Street View) March 12 2019 Closing educational resource library act of ‘bad faith’ by province, union says News of the impending closure of a library of classroom materials for … Continue reading
Posted in Education, News and politics
Tagged central library, cuts, Education, manitoba
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Manitoba deficit battle includes warning to school boards on costs
Classroom Louis Riel School Division school taxes will go up about 3.5 per cent for 2018-2019. (Shutterstock/Syda Productions) — Mar 7 2019 – Various news articles and added commentary. The Manitoba government’s 2019 – 2020 budget expected to require School … Continue reading
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