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Kevin, you make a good point. Standardized assess...

2010-01-25T05:55:01.806-08:00

Kevin, you make a good point. Standardized assessments from FSD show below provincial average results. Attendance rates are also poor (84%) relatively speaking.

The costs associated with funding of schools is va...

2010-01-25T05:07:19.979-08:00

The costs associated with funding of schools is varied and may not be directly correlated to the quality of education. I would submit however that if it costs 18,000 per year to educate the average student in Canada. (1/2 the average annual private sector wage) we are probably not getting good value for our money.

First nations are a federal responsibility. But ed...

2010-01-24T22:23:03.411-08:00

First nations are a federal responsibility. But education is a provincial responsibility.

It occurs to me that the federal government and provinicial governments are both responsible for the unacceptable level of short-funding of on-reserve schools.

Education is the backbone of the economy. Who expects first nations to be able to fight poverty if we keep denying them the tools?