Opinion: How British Columbia can improve educational success

International assessments have repeatedly confirmed that B.C.’s public schools are among the highest performing in the world. That success is attributable primarily to two factors: One is the quality of the teachers in the province, and the other is the relative absence of severe inequalities in Canadian society.
That does not mean that all students succeed. There are groups for whom educational success has been elusive. Aboriginal students and students with special needs are two groups th