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1. Alberta government should increase access to for-profit schools

   Appeared in the National Newswatch, December 11, 2018 As parents across Alberta express increasing concern about the state of K-12 education, the possibility for real education reform—including greater access to independent schools for more Alberta ...

2. Independent schools key to improving K-12 education in Alberta

   Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, November 23, 2018 Education is one of the most important functions of the provincial government and the second largest area of provincial spending, so ensuring families have access to excellent K-12 education in a manner that ...

3. Education reform in Alberta should increase choice for parents

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald, February 8, 2018 The United Conservative Party (UCP) recently released a host of policy reforms for consideration in advance of its annual general meeting in May—including some proposed reforms in education, which are ...

4. Ontario PCs promise disappointing status quo for education in the province

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, December 10, 2017 Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives (PCs) recently released their election platform, which shows they have opted for the status quo in K-12 education. This is unfortunate because the province’s education ...

5. Comparing the Family Income of Students in British Columbia's Independent and Public Schools

   On average, families with children in independent schools earned $88,367 in income (after taxes) compared to $77,396, on average, for families with children in public schools, which represents a gap of 14.2 percent. If the families with children ...

6. Education Facts in Alberta

   Appeared in National Newswatch Expectations are growing in many circles that the new NDP government in Alberta will be transformative. Several interest groups are beginning to place markers about the direction and degree of change they expect from the ...

7. Understanding the Foundation for Teachers’ Strikes in Ontario

   Appeared in the Sudbury Star While much has been made about the ‘resolution’ of the teachers’ job action in Ontario, most of the discussion has missed two fundamental aspects of the debate: school choice and unionization in the public sector. No long-term ...

8. 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 ...

9. 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 ...

10. 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 ...