Like Ontario, NL has the same model of a public education system, that severely limits choice and how that choice is access, as well as similar funding models. It is only Alberta that has a different model, where choice has created a model of competition in Alberta's educational sector. That models enables parents and their children to access public education, providing many choices, no matter what income level, what postal code, with few limits placed on the choice. In other words, Alberta's education model, is very effective at limiting how income impacts the education of children, and the bonus is providing a higher quality education at reduced costs. Providing an education in Canada, has everything to do with the models and delivery of education, and Ontario model, like the BC model, is heavily dependent on shaping policy around the income and other SEC factors. By doing so, achievement is a hard battle, just to maintain, let alone rise above Alberta, when considering the other economic indicators that are at play. Still have the rose-coloured glasses welded unto your head, just in case a bit of reality seeps into your eyes. On the G/M article -- a comment "School Based Management AND Choice Are Factors In School Scores There are other reasons besides test scores as to why parents and students choose one school over another. Responsiveness on the part of the provider is another choice factor. Only one person so far has dealt with school based management as being a