Fascinating read.... Ironically, while B.C. is at the bottom of the heap for per-student funding, it is at the top for children living in poverty (Statscan, Income of Canadians, 2011). Our economy is strong, but nearly one in five children is poor. This is a big problem for schools, because poverty increases the numbers and the severity of special needs among children. Child poverty and low school funding are also related to the status of women. Children are poor because their parents – usually their mothers are poor. Mothers are poor partly because women still get lower wages than men, and are concentrated in lower-paid sectors of the economy. - See more at: gender-focus/2014/08/24/b-c-s-public-education-crisis-is-a-feminist-issue/#sthash.lqljTD8g.38Zp4JUy.dpuf
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 16:17:10 +0000
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