Independent schools and charter schools leverage public dollars towards cost-effective alternative approaches to education.
school choice
Charter schools are particularly well-equipped and effective at serving the needs of students of disadvantaged populations.
Activists should not be allowed to impose their vision of indigenous education on all indigenous families.
In Ontario, more and more parents are choosing to enroll their children in independent schools.
Expectations are growing in many circles that the new NDP government in Alberta will be transformative.
As students across Canada wrap up another school year, we know that some students won’t be back in the fall. They may be barred from schools because of striking teachers. Or they may be home—in school.
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.