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  1. 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 ...

  2. 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 ...

  3. 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, ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Where Our Students are Educated: Measuring Student Enrolment in Canada

    Building from the previous edition of this report, released in February 2014, this study expands and updates the measurement of choice and competition across Canada’s 10 provinces, by focusing in particular on student enrolments in the various education ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. 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. ...

  9. Reality of education spending in Canada

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun, September 12, 2015 As parents settle back into school year routines, it’s inevitable that questions regarding education spending and the performance of our schools will return to the forefront. This is particularly true in ...

  10. Understanding the Increases in Education Spending in Public Schools in Canada

    Education spending on public schools in Canada increased by $19.1 billion (45.9%) between 2003/04 and 2012/13, from $41.6 billion to $60.7 billion. Compensation (salaries and wages, benefits, and pensions) accounted for the overwhelming majority of this ...