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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. The Funding and Regulation of Independent Schools in Canada

   This study compares the regulation of independent schools across Canada, with specific attention to differences between provinces that fund independent schools and those that do not. In 2013/14, Canada had slightly fewer than 2,000 independent schools ...

3. Lesson for Canadian policymakers—Sweden gives parents more choice in education

   Appeared in the Hamilton Spectator, November 22, 2016 Parents across Canada want more choice for the education of their children. The share of K-12 students attending independent (private) schools is increasing while the share attending public schools is ...

4. Specialty education key element of independent school landscape in Canada

   Students vary in learning styles, and parents hold various aspirations for their children’s education. Consequently independent schools—also called private schools—vary in the ways they specialize to address these widespread demands of ...

5. Independent schools fill gaps in Ontario

   Often opponents of independent schooling—education which exists outside of public government-run schools—invoke caricatures of private schools catering to the ultra-rich. The reality, however, is that independent schools in Ontario ...

6. Independent schools offer Albertans more education choice

   Appeared in the Edmonton Journal, July 4, 2016 Alberta is recognized internationally for educational choice—a reputation recently reaffirmed by the provincial government, which supported a “parental choice” motion in the legislature. However, in a ...

7. Private schools in Canada—not what you think

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, July 3, 2016 A lingering myth about private schools continues to cloud public perception in Canada—that private schools are only for the wealthy few. A recent study using 2013/14 enrolment data provided by provincial ...

8. Independent schools in B.C. run contrary to ‘elitist’ caricature

   Appeared in the Vancouver Province, June 29, 2016 Many British Columbians likely believe that private schools are exclusively for elite families in major urban centres. This misperception of independent schools (a more accurate term to describe non ...

9. A Diverse Landscape: Independent Schools in Canada

   This study is the first of its kind to offer a national survey of independent schools in Canada. It seeks to address the persistent myth that independent schools are of one dominant type serving a single sort of family. Contrary to the common caricature ...