Fewer than two-thirds of Ontario's 145,000 Grade 6 students have met provincial standards on the latest province-wide tests – well short of the Liberals' promise in the last election to have 75 per cent of Grade 6 students clear the bar.Maybe Dalton should be spending a little more time "celebrating intelligence and achievement" instead of simply ensuring public school libraries have multiple copies of "My Two Dads."
However, only 64 per cent achieved at least a B – the provincial standard – in Grade 6 reading in the latest scores released yesterday and 61 per cent got a B or better in writing – results unchanged from the year before. In math, 59 per cent got at least a B, down 2 points from the previous year.Our children deserve better than this.
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Three programs at First Nations Technical Institute (FNTI) have been postponed because of what the school calls a dire ongoing funding shortage.Yeah Dalton, it's always somebody else's fault, isn't it?
Officials with FNTI met with Chris Bentley, Ontario Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, following at Intelligencer article in July. They got a listening ear but no real solutions, Thompson said.
The province, which funds Ontario's other post-secondary schools, says aboriginal affairs are a federal matter.
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