Alberta has experienced a decline in student scores in reading, science and math.
education reform
October 18, 2018
4:08PM
Families are sensitive to the price of education, which is why provinces that do not provide funding generally have much lower rates of independent school enrolment.
February 10, 2018
3:34PM
The United Conservative Party (UCP) recently released some proposed reforms in education.
December 9, 2016
9:54AM
Almost half of Ontario’s independent schools have fewer than 50 students.
December 14, 2015
11:38AM
Last week marked the one-year anniversary of the exoneration of Lynden Dorval, an Edmonton physics teacher who was fired for giving zeroes on student assignments that were not completed.
November 25, 2014
8:00AM
One of the big stories coming out of Queen’s Park on the government’s fall economic update was the possibility of reductions in education spending.
October 4, 2014
6:30AM
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 warnings, the province has allowed an unsustainable set of fiscal policies to persist while missing opportunities for reform.
October 20, 2012
2:00AM
The recent decision by the Assembly of First Nations to reject Ottawas musings about reforming on-reserve education was an example of a react-first, ask-questions later approach. It was unhelpful, most of all to First Nations kids.