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Direct linkAreepattamannil, Shaljan; Kaur, Berinderjeet – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2013
This study, employing hierarchical linear modeling (HLM), sought to investigate the student-level and school-level factors associated with the science achievement of immigrant and non-immigrant students among a national sample of 22,646 students from 896 schools in Canada. While student background characteristics such as home language, family…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Immigrants, Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables
Download full textCanadian Teachers' Federation (NJ1), 2010
Given the prevalence of child poverty in Canada, its effects inevitably get played out in schools and classrooms. Poverty negatively shapes learning opportunities for students. The Canadian Teachers' Federation's (CTF's) research has found that many low-income children experience reduced motivation to learn, delayed cognitive development, lower…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Budgets, Retrenchment, Federal Aid
Sweet, Robert; Anisef, Paul; Walters, David – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2010
This paper examines relationships between the resources available to immigrant families and the amount parents are willing and able to save for their children's post-secondary education (PSE). We use data from Statistics Canada's 2002 Survey of Approaches to Educational Planning to compare immigrant and native-born PSE saving. The results indicate…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Migrant Children
Canadian Council on Learning, 2008
Canada depends on a steady flow of immigrants to maintain a viable workforce within an aging population. Without immigration, Canada's dependency ratio--the number of employed versus non-employed individuals--would grow dangerously unbalanced. In recent years, most immigrants have come from countries where the spoken language is not English or…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Language of Instruction, Foreign Countries, Boards of Education
Colleges Ontario, 2006
The Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario (ACAATO) is pleased to present this report. The 2006 Environmental Scan provides an aggregate synopsis of the key trends which will impact on Ontario's Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology in the future and will assist colleges in their advocacy and strategic planning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Strategic Planning
Colleges Ontario, 2005
The Association of Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario (ACAATO) is pleased to present this report. The 2005 Environmental Scan provides an aggregate synopsis of the key trends which will impact on Ontario's Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology in the future and will assist colleges in their advocacy and strategic planning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Strategic Planning
