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1. Enrolments and Education Spending in Public Schools in Canada

   To accurately understand education spending, enrolment changes must be included. For Canada as a whole, the increase in per-student spending in public schools after accounting for the effects of price changes was 30.8% between 2003-04 and 2012-13; from $9 ...

2. 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 ...

3. Home-schooling on the rise in Canada

   Appeared in the Waterloo Region Record As students across Canada wrap up another school year, we know that some students won’t be back in the fall. They may be barred from schools because of striking teachers. Or they may be home—in school. With an ...

4. Home Schooling in Canada: The Current Picture—2015

   Modern-day home schooling in Canada is 40 years old. In this alternative method of education, parents are in charge and responsible for their children’s education and learning primarily takes place outside of an institutional setting. Although always ...

5. 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 ...

6. Education spending in Canada: truth by the numbers

   Often, media reports on education spending in Canada refer to spending cuts, gaps and caps, budget shortfalls, and expenditure decreases. Upon hearing all of that, the casual observer may conclude that spending on public elementary and ...

7. The myth of education spending cuts in Ontario

   Appeared in the Financial Post Soon, the Wynne government will present its first budget since being re-elected with a majority last June. This will be a critical test, particularly with respect to the bond market and credit rating agencies. The governing ...

8. The Myth of Education Spending Cuts in Alberta

   Appeared in the Fox Creek Times and Okotoks Western Wheel It’s budget season in Edmonton but Premier Prentice has already announced a five per cent across-the-board reduction in program spending to help deal with an expected $7 billion-plus deficit. Of ...

9. 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 ...

10. 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 ...