Differentiation of school offerings in Quebec: exploration of its "implementation" in a public secondary school


Véronique Grenier, Université du Québec à Montréal

In the province of Quebec, there is a two-tiered hierarchical system (public versus enriched) in the public sector, especially at the secondary level. If the curriculum stratification is present in most of the high schools, little is known on how it effects the ways they operate. This presentation draws on data from an ethnographic study and uses organizational sociology. It outlines issues faced by a public high school in relation to the "implementation" of the curriculum stratification. It illustrates how a school’s local reality frames it. In conclusion, it proposes a reflection on the inequalities of treatment within Quebec’s education system.

This paper will be presented at the following session: