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1. Budget primer—getting the facts straight on Alberta independent school funding

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, March 16, 2017 It’s budget day in Alberta, and some interest groups, including an organization called Public Interest Alberta, want the Notley government to eliminate government funding for independent schools. Unfortunately, ...

2. 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 ...

3. Reality check on education spending in Ontario

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, March 16, 2016 There’s a lot to criticize in Ontario's 2016 budget, which was released late last month. Specifically, the province has failed to take adequate steps to rein in overall spending, and as a result the ...

4. Ontario in no position to increase teacher salaries

   Appeared in National Newswatch, March 12, 2016 The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation, one of Ontario’s largest teachers’ unions, wants to bolster its strike fund, apparently readying itself for possible labour action when its current contract ...

5. Hold the line on compensation in public schools in Ontario

   Appeared in the Globe and Mail, October 27, 2015 Over the past decade, government spending on public education in Ontario has grown at an unsustainable rate, driven largely by significant growth in employee compensation costs. To help fight the province’s ...

6. Demand for independent schooling on the rise in Canada

   Across Canada, more and more parents are choosing independent schools for their children. Increasing demand for options outside of the public school system is an important trend with significant implications for education policy. First, ...

7. Parents increasingly choosing independent schools in British Columbia

   Appeared in the Vancouver Province, October 16, 2015 All across Canada, more and more parents are choosing to enroll their children in independent schools. This trend is particularly pronounced in British Columbia, which currently has the second highest ...

8. Despite lack of funding, parents increasingly choose independent schools in Ontario

   Appeared in the National Post, October 9, 2015 In Ontario, more and more parents are choosing to enroll their children in independent schools. This despite the fact that Ontario, unlike several other provinces, provides no financial assistance to parents ...

9. Reality of education spending in Alberta

   Appeared in the National Newswatch, September 18, 2015 In some quarters, it is taken as a given that Alberta’s schools are underfunded. Critics cite rising class sizes and slipping international test scores (in some areas) as evidence that more money is ...

10. Reality of education spending in Ontario

    Appeared in the London Free Press, September 15, 2015 As a new school year begins, labour strife is once again affecting Ontario’s public schools. Elementary school teachers are engaged in a “work to rule” campaign and the possibility of a strike looms. ...