Reading Time: 3 minutes Small communities face losing their schools as the province pulls back funding, but these schools – and their communities – can be saved
Tag: School choice
Ontario: look west for solutions on independent school funding
Reading Time: 3 minutes The province should end its outdated barriers to education choice for students and parents
When Ontario public schools aren’t public enough
Reading Time: 3 minutes Increasingly, parents are looking past public schools for their children’s education – but Ontario’s legislation puts up financial roadblocks
Sweden gives parents more choice in education
Reading Time: 3 minutes Sweden’s more competitive educational environment encourages – even forces – schools to respond to the needs, preferences and wishes of parents
The reality of independent school funding in British Columbia
Reading Time: 3 minutes Reducing or eliminating independent school funding would reduce parental choice, educational diversity, and may lower per student spending in public schools
Make it easier for schools to compete for students
Reading Time: 4 minutes We need to allow boards to recruit and hire the best teachers regardless of seniority and the free movement of students regardless of postal code
The facts behind private schools in Alberta
Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta’s 94 private schools received $151 million in grants this year, a drop in the bucket when it comes to Alberta Education’s $7,228,040,463 budget
Private schools in Canada – not what you think
Reading Time: 3 minutes Old myths about independent schools in Canada simply aren’t supported by the facts
Independent schools offer Albertans more education choice
Reading Time: 3 minutes A unique and vital contribution to the education landscape
Independent schools fill gaps in Ontario
Reading Time: 3 minutes One of every 18 students in the province attend independent schools