The Report Card on Alberta's High Schools: 2004 Edition collects a variety of relevant, objective indicators of school performance into one, easily accessible document so that anyone can analyze and compare the performance of individual schools. The Report Card assists parents when they choose a school for their children and encourages and assists all those seeking to improve their schools.

This report brings together available data concerning environmental trends in five primary categories: air quality; water quality; natural resources; land use and condition; and solid wastes. Each of these sections contains trend data and a general discussion. In some cases, the discussion points to the need for more data.

The 2001 Annual Report of Ontario's Provincial Auditor indicates that the public school system is failing special needs students. Adequacy of funding does not appear to be the source of the problem.