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1. 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 ...

2. 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, ...

3. 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, ...

4. 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 ...

5. 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 ...

6. 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 ...

7. A Primer on Charter Schools

   Charter schools are autonomous public schools that provide innovative or enhanced education programs designed to improve student learning. Operating outside of local school boards and governed by their own board of trustees, they are accountable for ...