A new report from the Conference Board of Canada has found that investing in public education produces a direct pay off to the economy. Researchers at the Conference Board used data from [...]
Ford’s Minister of Education dispatched the following “Education Consultation” to school boards mid-November providing a mere four-week response window. The framework of the [...]
We are going to the polls on June 7th. Are you ready? Is your MPP and the competing MPP candidates willing to commit to fixing Ontario’s schools? Not sure? Ask each one of them. And [...]
Noted economist Hugh Mackenzie has revealed that $3 billion per year is needed to repair, maintain and rebuild Ontario’s schools. His comprehensive report shows that Ontario is faced with $15.9 [...]
As far back as 2002, a $5.6 billion repair backlog existed in Ontario’s publicly funded schools. Today, there is $15.9 billion of disrepair in the buildings where 2 million Ontario children spend [...]
SCHOOLS ARE NOT POWERLESS TO ADDRESS RACIAL DISPARITIES As schools learn more about poverty and race, they should be careful not to let that lead to a culture of fatalism SACHIN MAHARAJ STAR [...]
“The Ministry of Education needs $1.4 billion per year to maintain schools in a state of good repair. However, actual annual funding in the last five years has ranged from $150 million to [...]
Ask your newly elected MP this question “Given that curling rinks and hockey arenas receive federal infrastructure money, how much will the government be prepared to invest in repairing and [...]
