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1. Independent schools across Canada face diverse regulations

   Canada’s expanding independent school sector is rich in diversity. Not only are parents increasingly choosing from an array of independent schools for their children, but each province regulates and funds independent schools in diverse ...

2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. 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 ...

5. 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 ...

6. 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 ...

7. 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 ...

8. 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 ...

9. 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 ...

10. Ontario parents deserve more choice for their children’s education

    oliver's blog A story in the September 4 th edition of the National Post detailing the cheerful return of Marni Soupcoff’s son to his independent school was an experience shared by parents and their children across the country, even though Ontario is ...