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1. The myth of education spending cuts in Canada

   Appeared in the Daily Courier and Woodstock Sentinel Review It’s budget season again, with provincial governments across Canada delivering their annual budgets amid a backdrop of falling commodity prices and provincial deficits. And once again, a ...

2. The Myth of Education Spending Cuts in British Columbia

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun The provincial government will deliver its budget today, amid a backdrop of fallen commodity prices and a generally sluggish economy. In light of British Columbia’s mounting government debt, vigilance and restraint will be ...

3. Education reform could help address Ontario's financial woes

   The Waterloo Record Ontario’s financial status quo is not sustainable. That’s the conclusion of numerous independent analyses, the former provincial treasurer, and the province’s own commission on reform of public sector services. Yet despite these ...

4. 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 ...

5. 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& ...

6. Measuring Choice and Competition in Canadian Education

   As the benefits or returns to education become more and more apparent, there is increasing interest in ensuring accessible, high quality education. The increasing body of research available on the effects of school choice and competition suggests that ...

7. Technology Might Revolutionize Education

   Appeared in the Kelowna Daily Courier, Vernon Daily Courier, Penticton Herald, Vancouver Sun and Huffington Post There is almost no aspect of life that has not been fundamentally changed and re-ordered over the past 100 years through new technology and ...

8. Technology and Education

   For all intents and purposes, we educate our children in much the same way as we did a century ago. Despite our stubborn attachment to an instructional model from a bygone era, technology is set to revolutionize the learning process. Examples include ...

9. Parents choosing private schools often have little choice but to wait

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun Despite the often heard claim that parents prefer public education, British Columbians are increasingly choosing to send their children to independent schools. Unfortunately for many parents who want their children to attend ...

10. Wait Lists for Independent Schools in British Columbia's Lower Mainland

    This Fraser Institute survey of independent schools throughout the Lower Mainland found that 57.3 percent of schools reported a waitlist for enrolment in 2011/12. Of those schools, almost 80 percent said that waitlists had been the norm for the past three ...