Alberta Education vs Ontario Education: which is more progressive?

[Machjo]

I don't know much about either one but I do know that B.C. has a real problem with a militant teachers union that causes waste of money and an inability to repair the system. Would it be fair to assume that Ontario at least has the same problem?
Alberta being a little less union tolerant should have less of a problem.

I'm not sure just how powerful the Union is in Ontario, but it certainly exists at least. A simple school voucher system could likely solve that problem.

 

[gerryh]

That was a decision made by the school, not the Ministry of Education. In Ontario, I'll have to loot further into how many years they must learn it, but I always thought that it was the province, not the school, that made French compulsory through and through.

Here, you don't have to, I did it for you.

http://www.docchs.com/cc/pdf/Diplomas and their Requirements.pdf

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1) Compulsory Credits (22)
[FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma]4 credits in Religious Education (requirement of the Durham Catholic District School Board)
[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma]4 credits in English (1 credit per grade)
[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma]1 credit in French as a Second Language
[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma]3 credits in Mathematics (at least 1 in grade 11 or 12)
[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma]2 credits in Science
[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma]1 credit in Canadian History
[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma]1 credit in Canadian Geography
[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma]1 credit in the Arts (Music, Art, Drama or Dance)
[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma]1 credit in Health and Physical Education
[/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma]½ credit in Civics and ½ credit in Career Studies
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[Machjo]

Here, you don't have to, I did it for you.

http://www.docchs.com/cc/pdf/Diplomas and their Requirements.pdf



1) Compulsory Credits (22)
[FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma]4 credits in Religious Education (requirement of the Durham Catholic District School Board) [/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma]4 credits in English (1 credit per grade) [/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma]1 credit in French as a Second Language [/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma]3 credits in Mathematics (at least 1 in grade 11 or 12) [/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma]2 credits in Science [/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma]1 credit in Canadian History [/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma]1 credit in Canadian Geography [/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma]1 credit in the Arts (Music, Art, Drama or Dance) [/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma]1 credit in Health and Physical Education [/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings][FONT=Wingdings,Wingdings] [/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma][FONT=Tahoma,Tahoma]½ credit in Civics and ½ credit in Career Studies [/FONT]
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Thanks, but it shows there that French is still compulsory, though, thus taking time away from other languages, even if only a little, which the Alberta system doesn't do.

Besides, of what use would one credit in French be?

 

[lone wolf]

Just enough to mark you as an outsider to local-dialect-speaking bon hommes....