Independent schools are more willing to try new ways of teaching, organizing and operating.
Education
February 19, 2020
9:11AM
The province's base education budget is scheduled to increase by 2.5 per cent this year.
January 23, 2020
1:43PM
Provinces PISA scores in all three subjects are below the national average.
December 5, 2019
11:57AM
Three years later B.C. has fallen to fourth place in reading, science and math.
April 24, 2019
9:05AM
Between 2006/07 and 2015/16, per-student inflation-adjusted spending on public schools in Ontario increased by 18.5 per cent.
March 7, 2019
11:47AM
Charter school enrolment increased by 257 per cent.
March 1, 2019
10:18AM
The government monopoly on education curriculum eliminates diversity and experimentation that can lead to better methods of teaching.
December 21, 2018
10:26AM
B.C. spent $11,216 per student annually on public schools compared to $13,115 in Alberta.
December 18, 2018
10:48AM
Research documents successful performance-based incentive experiments in England, India, Israel, Houston and Nashville.
December 13, 2018
3:12PM
The share of Grade 9 students in Alberta scoring “below acceptable standards” in math increased more than 34 per cent.
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