How Canada Is Closing the Achievement Gap (Education Everywhere Series)

Education Everywhere Video Series

This series takes a look at high-achieving education systems and model schools around the world to see what makes them successful. This series is a co-production with the Pearson Foundation.

Canada Fast Facts

• About 40,000 immigrant students come into the Canadian public school system every year, due to Canada's high rates of immigration per capita.
• A quarter of the students in Ontario were born outside Canada, and 80% of them are non-English speaking.
• The large province of Ontario accounts for 40% of Canada’s population; its two million students are funneled into about 5,000 schools.
• Between 2003 and 2010, Ontario’s high school graduation rate rose from 68% to 79%. The provincial government's goal is to reach an 85% graduation rate.
• Every school in Ontario staffs a full-time "student success teacher," who devotes his or her time to the students who need it most.
• Despite coming into the country with challenges, immigrant children are typically performing as well as Canadian-born children on the PISA assessment just a few years after their arrival.

Watch more videos in the Education Everywhere series:

• Finland’s Formula for School Success
• Singapore's 21st-Century Teaching Strategies
• Shanghai's Improvement Plan for Schools
• Germany Takes On Education Reform

Or visit our global learning resource page for more resources.

Source: Canada: Reform to Support High Achievement in a Diverse Context PDF report by the OECD.