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The Cost of Dropping Out of High School
Most Canadians recognize that dropping out of high school can have negative consequences for individuals and society. However, few people may be fully aware of the wide-ranging economic impacts. A new report commissioned by the Canadian Council on Learning presents the high costs related to health, social assistance, crime, and labour and employment that result from failure to complete high school. Go to report »
Lessons in Learning—No "drop" in the bucket: The high cost of dropping out
This article presents a summary of CCL’s newest commissioned report, Cost Estimates of Dropping Out of High School. It also offers an overview of successful strategies that provincial and territorial governments have employed to reduce dropout rates among high-school students. Go to article »
New report: Learning Indigenous Science from Place
Indigenous science is a concept unfamiliar to many in the Canadian education sector. It is a study of natural systems that contributes to a holistic view of the environment and the role of human beings within that environment. This research project investigates how educators and education systems might take up place‐based indigenous science and apply it within the established school science curriculum.
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2008 State of Learning in Canada: Toward a Learning Future
Released in July 2008, CCL's 2008 State of Learning in Canada report emphasized that we can no longer afford to view the purpose of education and learning primarily as the preparation of youth for the labour market. Learning is not a commodity with a fixed end-point, but rather a continuous, individualized process with complex, unpredictable and non-linear trajectories. Go to report »
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