Ok Social Justice Class… you had to know this was coming. After our debates and discussion about our school system and whether it offers equality to all groups, I thought a blog assignment would be an ideal way to get all of our feelings heard.I am very interested in seeing your views on this topic.
There are two files I want you to download and examine. These files compare all graduating students across the province in terms of male/female, first nations/aboriginal, french immersion, special needs etc…
To understand the statistics, examine the page with the tables and they are listed by Number of potential students graduating in that group, number who actually graduation, and percentage of graduating students in that group. The percentage of graduating students of that group is what I want you to focus on…
Link 1: Entire province statistics:
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/reports/pdfs/graduation/prov.pdf
Link 2: Langley Secondary School:
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/reports/pdfs/graduation/03535019.pdf
Do the statistics surprise you? Think about our discussion over the past week, does the statistics support one side? Does this change your mind?
Now for the assignment:
Do you think our education system offers equal opportunities and the potential for success for all groups?
Give an explanation of why there is such a difference between drop out rates of some groups (aboriginal) vs. others (french immersion) for example.
Conduct research on this topic. Find information and newspaper articles that discusses these topics. Support your side and provide references to the information your find and write about on your blog. Read and comment on another blog from our class.
Here is a start: Click here
