Bar..Again we seem to differ..You read that article and found nothing but negative statements in it..I read it and came away with a more positive take..
First lets analyze your negative paragraph quotes..
"'The B.C. curriculum, learning resources and teaching expertise are public assets developed with public funds, she said in an e-mail. "Sharing these public assets with our global neighbours is one thing but allowing individuals to profit through opportunistic marketing schemes to wealthy elite in China is something I think many people would find offensive."
1. Is making a "profit" from wealthy elite Chinese families offensive??
2. Consider the source of that quote..Helesia Luke..Just happens to be the "director of the B.C. Society for PUBLIC Education"..Maybe just a touch biased...
The second quote bothered me at first but lets also analyze it..
"Last year, the ministry placed Sino-Canada on a list of schools to be monitored for possible grade inflation because class marks for English 12 were significantly higher than marks scored on provincial exams."
1. That article was written in june of 08, and it mentions it
being questioned "last year"..So the ministry looked into the problem in 07..Since there isn't a follow up on any action by the ministry, maybe just maybe, the scores proved to be higher than on provincial exams..Justification for that assumption come from looking at Sino-Canada High School's web sight and seeing all of the scholarships earned by the graduates to prestigious colleges world wide..
To end this difference between our reading of the piece, I like this quote you overlooked.."Demand for these offshore schools outstrips SUPPLY and is expected to continue growing."