The Evan Bray Show - Michael Zwaagstra - April 8th, 2025

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The Saskatchewan Government is discontinuing grade 12 provincial exams for next school year and working to develop a new province-wide student assessment program. With Saskatchewan education scores already very low, Tamara welcomes Michael Zwaagstra, Manitoba public high school teacher, education policy researcher and senior fellow with the Fraser Institute, to share his thoughts on what this means for Saskatchewan education.
8 Apr 2025 12PM English Canada News Commentary

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