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June 2007, volume 4 number 2
“Streaming” or “tracking” of high school students through different sequences
of core courses has been practised in Canada and other developed countries
for decades. The practice has also been vigorously debated. This article
examines the extent to which streaming of tenth-grade students was occurring
in four provinces in 2000. It finds that social background – specifically,
parents’ education
and family income – continues to play a significant role in the course-selection
choices made by students.
Over the past thirty years, young women have gone from lagging behind young men in going to postsecondary education to overtaking them, thus prompting the question, what has happened to the boys? Gaps between lower income and higher income youth in postsecondary participation rates also persist. This article takes a first look at how the size of these gaps between boys and girls and between income groups varies across provinces.
Quick fact...
In 2004, over half (55%) of all Canadian youth (15 to 24 year olds) volunteered, compared to one-third of seniors (65 years and older)...
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