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1. 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 ...

2. Right idea, wrong messenger, for education reform in Ontario

   Appeared in the Hamilton Spectator, March 7, 2017 The long drought of policy attention for independent schools and homeschools in Ontario is over. Andrew Scheer, a candidate for the federal Conservative leadership, recently announced a policy proposal ...

3. Extending Ontario elementary teacher contracts—at what cost?

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, February 15, 2017 The two-year contract extension with Ontario’s elementary teachers, recently announced by the minister of education, if ratified, most likely eliminates the possibility of teacher labour disruption during the ...

4. Education spending reform can help address Ontario’s fiscal problems

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, January 11, 2017 It’s widely known that Ontario faces severe fiscal challenges. With a debt burden exceeding $300 billion, the need for action to fix our finances should be clear. But how can the provincial government clean up ...

5. Education funding reform can save small Ontario schools from closing

   Appeared in Toronto Sun, December 9, 2016 Due to a misguided education funding model, dozens of communities in rural and small-town Ontario may lose their public schools. Contrary to the rhetoric, this doesn’t need to happen. Schools can be vital centres ...

6. Parents should have greater school choice in Ontario

   Appeared in the London Free Press, November 21, 2015 With teacher contracts ratified in Ontario, attention can be turned from what teachers want to what parents want. And it’s increasingly clear that parents want choice. When parents choose anything other ...