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1. Busting the myth of Ontario's 'massive education cuts'

   This month, after the Ford movement released its first budget, reactions from Ontario teacher unions and school board administrators was swift. Some claim the budget calls for “massive education cuts” and that schools will be starved for ...

2. Student performance does not reflect increased spending on Ontario public schools

   Appeared in the Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal, February 14, 2019 Parents in Ontario are concerned about the state of sK-12 education in the province. Results from the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) are alarming, particularly ...

3. Increased public school spending contributing to Ontario's deficit

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, February 6, 2019 Recently, Premier Ford’s government appeared to open the door to the possibility of eventually ending full-day kindergarten in Ontario as a deficit-fighting measure. Critics pounced on the government, saying ...

4. Every school in Ontario is capable of improvement

   Appeared in the Sudbury Star, January 22, 2019 With the release of the Report Card on Ontario’s Elementary Schools 2019 by the Fraser Institute, parents once again can see how their child’s school compares to others in their neighbourhood or across the ...

5. Ontario should increase support for independent schools in light of falling math scores

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, September 5, 2018 As families across the province send their children back to school, new evidence shows even more Ontario students struggle with math. Less than half (49 per cent) of Grade 6 students met the provincial ...

6. Compared to Ontario, B.C. offers more choice and fairness in education—with better student results

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, February 28, 2018 A recent analysis found that Catholic school boards in Ontario are increasingly enrolling non-Catholic students, prompting calls to end non-Catholic enrolment, merge the separate and public school boards, or ...

7. What Ontario can learn from Betsy DeVos

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, October 10, 2017 U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos (pictured above) caused quite a stir this week, particularly among Ontario teacher unions, by announcing—then cancelling—a visit to Ontario public schools. The president ...

8. Don’t end funding for Ontario's Catholic schools—start funding independent schools

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, June 21, 2017 Once again, activist groups are calling for defunding Catholic education in Ontario. Although education funding reform is long overdue, simply axing separate school boards isn’t the way to do it. Instead, Ontario ...