Media releases
Fundraising provides an advantage in well-off schools
The fundraising advantage may be increasing the equity gap by providing already advantaged students with more enrichment than their more disadvantaged counterparts.
Policy and funding changes needed for guidance counsellors
A new report from People for Education shows that guidance counsellors are stretched thin in Ontario elementary and secondary schools.
New report highlights competing priorities in education
People for Education's annual report on Ontario’s schools shows decline in library staff and music teachers; improvements in Indigenous education.
Music teachers missing in Ontario schools
New data from People for Education show a significant decline in the percentage of elementary schools with specialist music teachers over the last decade.
2017 School closing report
New report maps school closings, finds disproportionate impact on rural boards.
Press conference highlights: career and life planning in Ontario’s schools
Watch video-clips from our press conference on March 1 to release our report on career and life-planning in schools.
Students missing out on vital career/life planning support
A new report reveals that the majority of elementary schools and nearly half of high schools haven't been able to implement the province’s education, career and life-planning program.
New report reveals geographic divide in Ontario schools
People for Education releases 19th Annual Report on Ontario’s Publicly Funded Schools.
Report calls for mandatory curriculum on Indigenous education
New data show improvements in professional development opportunities, but no mandatory curriculum for teacher candidates