Michael Zwaagstra: Abolishing Honours Programs in the Name of Equity Is Absurd

Michael Zwaagstra: Abolishing Honours Programs in the Name of Equity Is Absurd
In the end, we must ask ourselves whether we want our schools to focus on equality of opportunity or on equality of outcome. Matthew Horwood/Getty Images
Michael Zwaagstra
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School board elections are heating up in Vancouver. The heat is caused, in part, by a group of trustee candidates pledging to bring back honours courses, which the current board abolished last year.

Michael Zwaagstra
Michael Zwaagstra
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Michael Zwaagstra is a public high school teacher and a senior fellow with the Fraser Institute. He is the author of “A Sage on the Stage: Common Sense Reflections on Teaching and Learning.”
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