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Saxon Math, Anyone?
March 07, 2011 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at 06:47 AM
The Canadian Council on Learning has published this map of Canada which is divided into 52,000 neighbourhoods and communities, coloured according to how numerate each one is. Dark green is the very best, with "only" 34% of its population deemed incapable of working and living fully in a modern population, while dark red is the very worst with more than 59% of its population in this category. Obviously, there is a huge disparity among communities. You can drill down and examine trends by clicking on the tabs at the top of the map. The bottom line is that "55% of adult Canadians are lacking in the basic numeracy skills they need to navigate their lives".