Alarming standardized test results for high school students in applied courses are raising questions at Canada’s largest school board about how some of its most at-risk youth are being taught. At Peel District School Board, the second-largest board, 39 per cent of students in applied were successful versus 84 per cent in academic classes. At the TDSB, 39 per cent of applied students taking the literacy test for the first time passed, versus 87 per cent of academic students. And an earlier report from York University found Black youth are twice as likely to be in applied courses as other racial groups. Jefferys has removed all Grade 9 applied courses except math, which is next on the list.

Source: thestar September 25, 2017 23:15 UTC