A very interesting report by Global News has compared Toronto high schools for the percentage of students who employ a paid tutor with the ability of their parents to pay. It won’t come as a big surprise that well-off neighborhoods, like those around South Bayview, have higher percentages of students with tutors. The information was obtained from the Toronto District School Board through access to information laws. But does the use of tutors help students equally, even when there is money to hire good ones? Department of Education figures which rank the excellence of high schools show Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute with an overall score of 8.4 out of 10 in 2012. Leaside High School had a ranking of 8.3, essentially a tie. But hey, the TDSB figures on tutoring show that 24 percent of Lawrence park students had a tutor, while only 16 percent of LHS kids got outside help. Fun with figures! The TDSB rankings for all high schools are here.
