Tonight, I met Penny Milton, head of the Canadian Education Association, and I described how a comment she had made at a recent meeting I attended had startled me – and crystalized why I am still an education advocate.
I asked if I could quote her:
The gap between kids coming out of the school system is wider than when they come in.
“It’s a huge condemnation,” I said.
“Oh, I was saying that back in 1987,” she said.
And, we agreed, why we have to keep working on these issues.
The role of the school system must be to give every child an equal opportunity and an equitable start.
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