Canada. Academic Achievement Strongly Linked to the Knowledge Children Have of Numbers

The academic achievement of nine-year-olds has been strongly linked to the knowledge that children have of numbers, as well as to their ability to copy and use symbols, as they enter school at the age of 5.

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~ 92% of Canadians have completed a high school education

~ Canada. The average salary of full-time University teaching staff up

~ Canada. Higher education expenditures up

~ Canada. Reading proficiency linked to higher income

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~ Canada. Immigrants more likely to obtain university education than their Canadian-born counterparts

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~ Canadian students have above average OECD score in mathematics and science

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~	Canada. Decrease in the number of students in public schools

~	92% of Canadians have completed a high school education

~	Canada. The average salary of full-time University teaching staff up

~	Canada. Higher education expenditures up

~	Canada. Reading proficiency linked to higher income

~	UNICEF evaluates the progress of the Education in Emergencies and Post-Crisis Transition Programme

~	Canada. Immigrants more likely to obtain university education than their Canadian-born counterparts

~	Canada. 12% of doctoral recipients are living in the United States

~	Canadian students have above average OECD score in mathematics and science

~	Canada. 20% off-reserve First Nations children are able to understand an Aboriginal language