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Worse School in BC?

CBC Mark Kelly bio

Here is show rationale: spends 7 days in ‘1 week careers’

Above Mark is wondering what he got himself into

 

Good TV program that aired on December 5th

While there are DVD versions available the CBC web site has episode on-line as a RealMedia video

 

The Player is required and free download – choose RealPlayer from menu

 

 

Roosevelt Park Community School

The online clips are in 2 parts – longest clip sets scene—gung ho, then frustration, then some insight into ‘whose fault’ it is – kid’s lack attention? Parents? Then ‘social conditions’ ---- and 2nd part adding depth

 

Both episodes use interviews with Principal Steve Riley to sum up and give perspective
"We’re trying to fix kids here"

 

G&M article on Roosevelt as ‘special place’

Article recounts the ‘special needs’ such as 40 of 200 students were in government care a few years back. But then the article goes on to celebrate the innovations: PACES and PALS etc

 

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Poverty in PR  the forgotten issue

Provincial indicators of regional well being

I’ll update this file later – things only got worse in 2006 – rising to 7.1 in Sept

 

What is EDI saying about PR?

Hertman report 2004 Poverty  is ‘reason’ schools doing so poorly provincially

Socio-economic  for North Coast  (8.8Meg PDF)

Crime Strats in NW BC

I’ll update this soon – but older data implies PR better off than others in NW

I’d argue most our crime ‘poverty related

 

 

Structural Poverty in PR

Note how the Roosevelt school area is among poorest in Province --

‘Inner city poverty’ but in PR

 

May 26th

The issue no one talks about – poverty in PR (story later) see  Social indicators BC Stats 

Frser Institute report card on PR

Schools only one manifestation of extreme income inequality etc in PR

Fraser Institute meets hostile Rupertites

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Created by LG on 10/1/2007

Last updated on Wednesday, January 10, 2007