Academic performance is down in Ontario – by a lot.
According to results from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), from 2003 to 2022 (the latest year of PISA data), math test scores in Ontario declined by 35 points and reading scores declined by 12 points.
To put this in perspective, PISA equates 20 points with approximately one grade level. So, Ontario students are nearly two grades behind in their math skills, and more than half a grade behind in their reading skills, than they were in 2003.
I blame the parents who treat their child’s education as nothing more than daycare.
Every strike results in capitulation to the teacher’s unions because parents demand a “solution” to their babysitting problem.
What do they get in return? Schools run by overpaid perverts unfit for any job.
Doug Ford will do what all politicians do. Ignore this issue so as not to anger the unions for the upcoming election.
