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1. 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 ...

2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. Independent schools offer BC parents shelter from labour strife

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun As BC parents and students struggle with the teachers’ strike and prospects of a significantly delayed school year, it’s worth understanding how and why one-in-eight students (and their parents) in the province is unaffected ...

6. Public education dollars need not be restricted to public education monopoly

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald In a liberal democracy, where critical thinking is often touted as an end goal in education, it was disappointing to read Calgary MLA Kent Hehr’s attack on parental choice in education (“Private schools divide pupils by ...

7. More school choice the answer for Ontario parents of special needs children

   Appeared in the National Post In her May 20th column, Why I can't vote for Tim Hudak, our long-time friend, Tasha Kheiriddin, raised questions concerning the Tory plan for reforming K-12 education in Ontario. Her concerns were based on her daughter& ...