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Program Title: The Mark Radio ep. 26- Improving Canadian Education
Description: As frosh weeks kick off across the country, university enrolment is increasing and class sizes are getting larger, while cuts to federal and provincial education funding have made it harder for schools to scale their quality with their growing size.

A recent study by the Canadian Council for Learning warned that Canada is falling behind other industrialized nations, and that funding, literacy levels, and educational goals all need to be rethought.

Can we afford to ignore education in the new knowledge economy? As British statistician Claus Mosler put it, “Education costs money, but then so does ignorance.”

Host(s): Chris Mitchell
Featured Speakers/Guests: On the show this week: Graeme Stewart on whether the high cost of education is worth it. Howard Woodhouse argues that universities' pursuit of knowledge has been influenced by the corporate agenda. Paul Bennett shares his insights on education after 30 years of teaching. And Rubén Gaztambide-Fernandez explains why we should take a hyper-local approach to education.

Credits: Music by Economics

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