Ken Goodman escreveu:
> Education is a provincial responsibility in Canada. In some provinces
> there are several sectarian school systems each publicly supported. In
> some provinces private Jewish schools get public funding. In Quebec of
> course there are two factors: language and "confession" so there are
> French Catholic, English Catholic etc. Religion is often part of all
> schools in Canada but on the other hand curriculum and level of teacher
> certification is controlled by the Provincial government for all
> schools. It makes a difference that Canadian teachers have a high level
> of professional education and have been the best paid in the world
> (though my Canadian friends tell me that is slipping). Canadian
> education has more of a commitment to heritage languages. In Alberta
> there are schools that teach English, French, Hebrew and Yiddish for
> example.
>
> Ken Goodman
> --
> Kenneth S. Goodman, Professor, Language, Reading & Culture
> 504 College of Education, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
> fax 520 7456895 phone 520 6217868
>
> These are mean times- and in the mean time
> We need to Learn to Live Under Water