The state of the system : a reality check on Canada's schools

A School System under Stress -- Shaping of the System: The Modern Bureaucratic Education Statein Formation, 1920-93 -- Testing Time: The Triumph of Testing, Accountability, and Systems,1993-2015 -- Consolidate and Control: School Consolidation and Bureaucratic Managerialism -- Education on Wheels: The Hidden Costs of Busing Schoolchildren -- Public Choice in the System: Catholic Separate Schools, Linguistic Boards, and Diversity -- The "One-Size-Fits-All" Model: Uniformity, Inclusion, and Marginalization -- The "Success for All" Curriculum: The Downside of Universality -- Student Assessment Experiments: Soft Skills and Hard Realities -- The Big Disconnect: High School Graduates and the Preparedness Problem -- The School Closure Wars: and Resistance to Consolidation -- School Boards in Crisis: The Withering of Local Democracy.