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1. Improving independent school regulation could improve choice for parents

   The costly government-regulated and government-run school systems inherited from the previous century appear unable to adequately serve modern expectations, prompting many to seek new principles to guide the development of better schools ...

2. Homeschooling in Canada continues to grow

   Every province in Canada over the 15-year period since 2000 showed a decline in the share of students attending a public school—while at the same time, the share of students attending independent schools increased. But it wasn’t only ...

3. Budget primer—getting the facts straight on Alberta independent school funding

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, March 16, 2017 It’s budget day in Alberta, and some interest groups, including an organization called Public Interest Alberta, want the Notley government to eliminate government funding for independent schools. Unfortunately, ...

4. Reality of education spending in Alberta

   Appeared in National Newswatch September 13, 2016 The school year has begun again, and conversations among parents may turn to “cuts” in education funding, the elimination of an education assistant, the state of class sizes, or perhaps even the closing of ...

5. Private schools and charter schools reduce strain on Alberta budget

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald, April 23, 2016 While parents in Alberta have more choice for their children’s education than Canadians in most other provinces, that level of choice may soon be reduced by the current government in Edmonton. In response, ...

6. Defunding independent schools in Alberta will increase taxpayer costs, diminish school choice for parents

   As reported in the Edmonton Sun, Public Interest Alberta, an advocacy group, has called for an end to the funding of independent schools (private) in Alberta and the absorption of charter schools into the public school system, ...

7. Alberta rejects new charter schools despite evidence of widespread benefits

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, February 27, 2016 Alberta Education Minister David Eggen recently rejected two applications for new charter schools—a school for special needs students and a Spanish-language school with an emphasis on science. That is ...

8. Charters schools: outside the school board behemoth

   A recent article in the National Post raised the specter of colossal school boards in Canada, particularly in big cities such as Toronto and Vancouver, and the bloated bureaucracies that consume taxpayer money with seemingly little ...

9. Charter schools, largely ignored in Canada, offer good results for disadvantaged students in U.S.

   Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, December 10, 2015 A common Canadian value is the equal opportunity for success that basic education offers young people. It is the reason why citizens accept and support the vast amount of resources spent on K-12 education ...

10. Education Facts in Alberta

    Appeared in National Newswatch Expectations are growing in many circles that the new NDP government in Alberta will be transformative. Several interest groups are beginning to place markers about the direction and degree of change they expect from the ...