Ontario public schooling up to now had, for certain classes, an 'Academic' version, for university-bound kids, and an 'Applied' version, for those that are not. These were collectively called 'the applied stream' and 'the academic stream'.
It makes some sense to abolish that split in Grade 9 before the student (and the school) really knows what the student can handle. Better still would be elementary schooling that isn't a joke so that this potential can be known well before Grade 9...but it's not going to happen because students that previously warranted expulsion from elementary are now going to stay in and destroy the learning environment.
Anyone not homeschooling or otherwise complementing their child's education outside of the regular curriculum is guilty of child neglect at this point.
The article notes that
In Toronto, Black youth make up 11 per cent of the student population in public schools, but account for 33 per cent of suspensions and expulsions. In Peel, Black youth represent 10 per cent of all students but 22.5 per cent of suspensions.
and this is on one of the wokest possible environments, public elementary school. So they blame this reality on...the existence of the suspension/expulsion discipline option? Imagine how bad the behavior has to get for a woke urban liberal public employee to use it on a black child.
Until we have the balls to confront the black community with their bullshit, that community will not improve. You can end suspensions for little Johnny and Jamal, but they're still going to be enormous shitheads because their parents aren't on the same page in the discipline department.. Except Johnny will be seen as one, while Jamal will blame it on 'racism'
One problem is that kids were making course choices for Grade 9 when they were still in elementary school, with little understanding of the ramifications of enrolling in applied courses.
That's what parents are for. I daresay the parents are the problem.
Ontario public schooling up to now had, for certain classes, an 'Academic' version, for university-bound kids, and an 'Applied' version, for those that are not. These were collectively called 'the applied stream' and 'the academic stream'.
It makes some sense to abolish that split in Grade 9 before the student (and the school) really knows what the student can handle. Better still would be elementary schooling that isn't a joke so that this potential can be known well before Grade 9...but it's not going to happen because students that previously warranted expulsion from elementary are now going to stay in and destroy the learning environment.
Anyone not homeschooling or otherwise complementing their child's education outside of the regular curriculum is guilty of child neglect at this point.
The article notes that
and this is on one of the wokest possible environments, public elementary school. So they blame this reality on...the existence of the suspension/expulsion discipline option? Imagine how bad the behavior has to get for a woke urban liberal public employee to use it on a black child.
Until we have the balls to confront the black community with their bullshit, that community will not improve. You can end suspensions for little Johnny and Jamal, but they're still going to be enormous shitheads because their parents aren't on the same page in the discipline department.. Except Johnny will be seen as one, while Jamal will blame it on 'racism'
That's what parents are for. I daresay the parents are the problem.