Mind the gap

In addition, the province has not acted upon Secondary schools are almost twice as likely to charge course long-standing recommendations to strengthen the grant and or athletic fees in the highest income schools compared to measure the effectiveness of the programs it funds.19 RecoMMendATions students’ socio-economic status has an impact on their chances •. protect the funding in the new equity in [...] A Living School acts as a hub of active, healthy school communities in a network of partnerships.45 Research and evaluation studies of the initiative showed: •. increased sense of belonging, attachment and safety in the school community; •. increased physical activity levels and trends toward healthier eating behaviours among both students and teachers; •. growing appreciation of the value of comm [...] Many princi- pals report that students are not receiving appropriate sup- •. the average ratio per elementary school of special ports, and parents often struggle to understand the system education students to special education teachers has and secure the resources their children need to thrive.57 risen from 22 to 1, in 2001, to 36 to 1. •. the average ratio in secondary school has risen from 48 to [...] In elementary school, the ratio is 20 to 1, and in The number of special education teachers in elementary and secondary school it is 47 to 1. secondary schools has not kept pace with the steady increase in the number of special education students. [...] After an IPRC decision, program must be based on the individual needs of the stu- the school is obliged to provide special education programs dent, and must provide meaningful access to the education and services, but not necessarily to follow any or all of the 69 to which all students are entitled.