The Pros And Cons Of The Ontario Education System

It is time to come to the realization that school is an institution that has been put in a position to fundamentally serve the desires of the ruling class, not the common people. While the Ontario Education System has its good points, it ultimately fails to prepare kids for life. Which means the system does not provide skills for the future, stifles creativity, ignores pupils health, and stops students from developing an individual voice. In our society of contributing the least while taking pleasure in the most, means students must be indoctrinated from a very young age to accept the working class as a lifestyle. This lifestyle essentially meaning work until one dies. Therefore, the current system can be considered outdated, failing, and broken. It is agreed that our school system in Ontario is acknowledged as “one of the best in the world” and we have gone through 10 years of education reforms.
Standard testing is made to compare the student’s knowledge with kids the same grade or age level. The problem with this is the tests cause major stress, do not value diversity, creates a limited view of success and learning, and only considers a single test performance upon evaluation. Tests are a huge part in a students life and the fact that standardized testing has not improved student achievement makes the whole idea a waste of time. There is even proof from the public that there is ““no evidence test-based incentive programs are working: “Despite using them for several decades, policymakers and educators do not yet know how to use test-based incentives to consistently generate positive effects on achievement and to improve education.”” Not to mention, Ontario’s Education system spends millions of dollars on these tests ranging at 105 dollars per student tested. Testing should take the students variety of learning into consideration for future