Two stories about education in Quebec

Sometimes while skimming the news, stories in two different sources come together with a clang. Thursday morning, La Presse is reporting that families close to the Ontario border are “illegally” sending their kids to school on the far side, although Quebec is unable to say how many. Why do families do this, you ask? Some Ontario schools provide better services for kids with special needs, but also kids can freely study there in English, which is denied them on this side of the border.

Meanwhile, Le Devoir’s investigative journalists find that Quebec has quietly clawed back millions of dollars meant to go to schools for lunches, tutoring, library books, and cultural outings and extracurricular activities in high school. I wonder why parents choose not to send their kids to these deliberately impoverished schools.