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1. Increased public school spending contributing to Ontario's deficit

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, February 6, 2019 Recently, Premier Ford’s government appeared to open the door to the possibility of eventually ending full-day kindergarten in Ontario as a deficit-fighting measure. Critics pounced on the government, saying ...

2. Student performance does not reflect education spending hikes in Alberta

   In 2015/16, Alberta per student inflation-adjusted spending in public schools was $13,321—well above the Canadian average of $12,791. ...

3. Canadian student performance does not reflect increases in spending

   Appeared in the National Newswatch, February 2, 2019 Parents across the country are concerned about the state of K-12 education in Canada. Results from standardized exams administered by several provinces and international tests such as the OECD’s ...

4. Education Spending in Public Schools in Canada: 2019 Edition

   This study focuses on the change in education spending on public schools over the last decade (2006/07 to 2015/16). It has two main parts. The first part focuses on the change in spending on public schools over the last decade, and the second part expands ...

5. Every school in Ontario is capable of improvement

   Appeared in the Sudbury Star, January 22, 2019 With the release of the Report Card on Ontario’s Elementary Schools 2019 by the Fraser Institute, parents once again can see how their child’s school compares to others in their neighbourhood or across the ...

6. Report Card on Ontario's Elementary Schools 2019

   The Report Card on Ontario’s Elementary Schools 2019 collects a variety of relevant, objective indicators of school performance into one, easily accessible public document so that anyone can analyze and compare the performance of individual schools. By ...

7. Alberta should look to B.C. for education reform options

   Alberta Catholic schools are once again in the news, this time over conditions placed on Catholic teachers for when they are both in and out of school, renewing calls to remove Catholic schools from the public system altogether. Alberta ...

8. Provinces should introduce incentive pay for teachers

   Teachers are skilled professionals, and should be treated as such. In many other professions it’s common to reward workers who perform well with pay raises or bonuses. However, this is not the case for public school teachers across ...

9. Alberta needs education reform

   Primary and secondary (K-12) education is one of the most important services supported by Alberta’s provincial government. Good schools provide the next generation with the skills, experience and knowledge necessary for success as adults ...

10. 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 ...