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Streaming, identity-based data, and hiring in Ontario schools
The province has committed to review streaming in grade 9 and 10, and look at other parts of the system that are creating inequity for students.
Ontario announces new rural education strategy
The new plan for rural and northern education includes $20 million in additional funding for school boards with a high number of students who live in rural areas.
Should private money fund public schools?
Chapman's Ice Cream is offering $2 million in funding to save the only school in Markdale from closing.
Toronto’s art school students mostly white, from high-income families, study finds
A new study from OISE find that students at Toronto's art school are predominantly white and from higher-income families, despite the TDSB being on of the most diverse school boards in North America.
Towards race equity in education
This report by Dr. Carl James examines the schooling of Black students in the Greater Toronto Area.
How the province funds parent involvement
The province spends approximately $6 million per year to support parents' involvement in Ontario's education system.
Education funding and school closings
Over the last few years, the Ministry of Education has made substantial changes to education funding.
Canada well above OECD average on PISA
Approximately 20,000 Canadian 15-year-olds from about 900 schools participated in international PISA tests in 2015. Results show Canada's public education system is strong.
Are schools preparing young people for the future?
We’ve heard it as a hot topic at family dinner tables, and from employers complaining about the lack of needed skills in job applicants: What are schools doing to prepare young people for a complex…
A new mandate for the Minister of Education
On September 23rd, Ontario's Premier sent "mandate letters" to all of her Ministers.