History of Education in Canada

As a former History student, I find the history of education to be very interesting. It is amazing to see how education started and how much it has changed today. The one part of the history of education that amazes me the most deals with the Scottish tradition. I think that it is fascinating that almost all of their children were educated. In many other traditions you see that only the wealthy children were educated and that boys and girls were educated separately. In the Scottish tradition however, they educated boys and girls together and your class structure was not an issue. When the Scots immigrated, they had great influence on how the education system should be run in each country, which was likely because they were the most educated.
I do believe that the Scottish traditions really have had the most influence of what the school systems have developed into today. Most of our schools include boys and girls educated together and no one is rejected education today. Therefore, everyone in Canada is given the opportunity to get an education no matter what social class you are from. This opportunity for education has been very important to Canada and has allowed it to develop greatly by giving people the opportunity to get a career and support their families. 
Another thing that I find interesting about the history of education is the Manitoba Schools Question. This stated that English would be the primary language taught, however, if ten or more people required a different language, then an adaptation would be made by the school. I think that this has had a huge impact on Canada also because it has allowed Canada to remain bilingual and has allowed for the French language to be preserved. It makes you wonder if this was not passed years ago whether or not Canada would have more than one official language.