The Fallacies of the Glaze Report, and the Real Issues Compromising N.S. Student Performance
By: Ashley Rice Published: February 18, 2018 The single greatest and most glaring fallacy that is perpetuated by the Glaze Report , in my opinion, is the idea that our Nova Scotian children are failing compared to the rest of Canada and, ultimately, the world. It is the reason our government claims to have such a great sense of urgency in implementing 11 of Glaze's 22 recommendations right away: our children cannot wait. And, while the spotlight has been cast again and again on administrators being separated from our union, it seems to me to be more important that we inform a generation of children and their parents that, no, Nova Scotian children are not failing and, therefore, the entire premise upon which the Glaze Report is based is false. While pouring over PISA scores in science, reading, and mathematics, it quickly became apparent that Nova Scotian children met, or were very close to meeting, Canada's national average. And this is one time when being average is...