Reading Time: 3 minutes A survey shows that independent school graduates are much more likely to work for the common good. How can that be bad?
Author: Beth Green
Beth Green is a Senior Fellow in Education for Cardus, and formerly Program Director of Cardus Education. She is Provost & Chief Academic Officer and Acting Dean of the University at Tyndale University in Toronto.
Kudos to Toronto, but independent schools still face discrimination
Reading Time: 4 minutes Subjecting parents choosing such schools for their children to extra costs is discriminatory
Toppling the misperceptions about home-schooling
Reading Time: 3 minutes Home-schooling successes show that parents and kids can be far more responsible for decisions about their education than imagined
Back to school: choosing wisely for your children
Reading Time: 3 minutes Independent schools achieve a better balance of good academic, civic, religious and spiritual outcomes
Treating everyone the same is bad for learning
Reading Time: 3 minutes The solution is not to opt for the lowest common denominator but instead to expand the levels of genuine school choice for students and parents
This is no time to turn the clock back for education in Alberta
Reading Time: 3 minutes Diversity in schooling choice made Alberta a world leader in education, but that could all be coming to an end
Premier Wynne, you need to meet education expert Michael Barber
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ontario in dire need of an efficiency expert who will deliver an innovative new education system
Time for a national conversation on parental choice
Reading Time: 3 minutes Diversity in education leads to positive results and every province should provide the funding to make it happen