high school education
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The dangers of grade inflation
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Grade inflation can be deceptive and varies from school to school. Thankfully for the universities — as well as their incoming students — they have a way of deciphering which secondary schools tend to inflate grades more than others. The University of Waterloo was one of the first schools to discover the simple algorithm of…
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Unsigned: Teaching financial literacy is a step in the right direction
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After a successful petition, the Ontario government is now introducing a pilot project to teach financial literacy to grade 10 students. This is undeniably something that will be applicable to students’ lives beyond high school. Currently, the onus is on parents to teach their children about these topics. That can raise a number of issues.…
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Climate change and why we should care
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In the past week, the weather has been incredibly drastic, cycling from 17 ° Celsius on Feb. 23 to -12 ° Celsius on March 4. These extreme spikes in temperature over the span of a week are signs of how climate change is affecting our planet. Scientific research supports the idea of climate change and…
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