Here we go again

 Despite Alberta's throwing another $13 million into the rabbit hole of a "unique learning strategy" for Indigenous youth, graduation rates for these students continue to fall.  Throwing money at Indians is never the answer, as I have said many times.  Now we learn that only 38.8% of such students are graduating within three years -- a significant gap from Alberta's average of 55.8%. 

And only 46.9% of Indigenous students complete high school within four years, while 64 % of other "regular" students graduate.  Rates are declining steadily.  

Alberta's Indigenous rates are declining badly behind other provincial averages -- about 17 percentage points between the board's overall graduation rate.  Apparently, the problems include:

• poverty,
• food insecurity,
• severed family relationships, and
• the always-handy and reliable residential schools "excuse".

 Whatever.  With all the money already thrown at natives, there should be neither poverty, nor food insecurity.  

Now, according to Lori Pritchard of the Calgary Board of Education, the answer is to assign each Indigenous student a trusted teacher or adult to check in to ensure each has personal needs met and is working towards success.  Why bother when these students know that money will flow regardless of their education?!

OMG come on!