People for Education Reports
Guidance counsellors: Expanding roles limited access
Date of Publication: January 23, 2018
This report, based on the results from our annual survey of schools, shows a disconnect between the roles that guidance counsellors are expected to fill and the amount of time they are available to fill those roles. Over 1200 schools across Ontario participated in the survey, and the findings show that the majority of elementary schools have no guidance counsellors at all, and that the ratio of students to guidance teachers in secondary schools is very high.
Read report Download PDF2017 Annual report on schools: Competing priorities
Date of Publication: June 5, 2017
People for Education's Annual report on Ontario’s publicly-funded schools is an audit of the education system – a way of keeping track of the impact of funding and policy choices in schools across the province. The report is based on survey responses from over 1100 principals in English, Catholic and French schools across the province.
Read report Download PDFSchool closings 2017
Date of Publication: May 4, 2017
People for Education conducted a study of Ontario accommodation reviews this spring and has produced an interactive map of schools to be closed in the province’s 72 school boards.
Read report Download PDFCareer and life planning in schools
Date of Publication: March 1, 2017
Multiple paths; multiple policies; multiple challenges
Read report Download PDFMeasuring What Matters: Competencies in the classroom
Date of Publication: November 12, 2016
This report includes preliminary findings from the Measuring What Matters field trials in 26 publicly funded schools across 7 Ontario school boards.
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