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Sounds good but it's that kind of thinking that leads to the current situation (I mean this literally) . School is basically glorified babysitting at this point.



I’m sorry. I don’t follow.

I was advocating for more funding to public education so that more children have access to more learning experiences.

I hope that’s more clear.


Sorry, I was trying to say that that people have been adding more funding for generations and it keeps getting worse.

Example: declining student enrollment, increased spending https://www.fraserinstitute.org/article/per-student-spending...

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/general/elemsec/quickfacts/2016...


It’s not getting worse, though.

Canadian provinces’ public schools are ranking in the top 10 of world countries.

https://www.conferenceboard.ca/hcp/provincial/education.aspx

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-40708421

As an aside, I do not trust the Fraser Institute to be unbiased on the matter of any kind of public spending. Public spending is a essentially against their core values.


Hey, if you're happy with a "B" grade, that explains a lot about Ontario schools :-)


That’s a bit of a dishonest interpretation of the rankings, don’t you think?


All I know is the test results on the tdsb website were pathetic. Not sure about this other stat you're using.




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