Public schools in Alberta require more than $13,000 taxpayer dollars to educate a student while independent and charter schools require under $5,300 and $9,000 respectively.
independent schools
Avril 22, 2016
9:17AM
Octobre 30, 2015
11:00AM
With independent school enrolment rising even as the school-age population shrinks, the share of students enrolled in independent schools is growing all across the country.
Octobre 16, 2015
2:56PM
In Ontario, more and more parents are choosing to enroll their children in independent schools.
Juin 24, 2015
10:30AM
Expectations are growing in many circles that the new NDP government in Alberta will be transformative.
Juin 6, 2015
9:00AM
While much has been made about the ‘resolution’ of the teachers’ job action in Ontario, most of the discussion has missed two fundamental aspects of the debate: school choice and unionization in the public sector.
Novembre 5, 2014
7:19AM
Ontario needs a more supportive climate for private schools including access to the kind of financial support provided by other large provinces.
Octobre 4, 2014
6:30AM
Ontario’s financial status quo is not sustainable. That’s the conclusion of numerous independent analyses, the former provincial treasurer, and the province’s own commission on reform of public sector services. Yet despite these warnings, the province has allowed an unsustainable set of fiscal policies to persist while missing opportunities for reform.
Septembre 29, 2014
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Septembre 12, 2014
6:00AM
“The construction of narratives,” wrote the late Neil Postman, “is a major business of our species.” The New York cultural critic, writing in a 2000 book, mused about how difficult it was to move people from myths to facts. Skip ahead to the 21st century, and a myth that needs an empirical reality check: Taxpayers subsidize private schools.