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Education in Ontario—it’s time for bold changes
By Michael Zwaagstra | November 5, 2024
Bloated school boards can’t cry poverty while blowing money on lavish weekends
By Michael Zwaagstra | October 18, 2024
Atlantic provinces should emulate Alberta’s charter school success story
By Michael Zwaagstra | October 17, 2024
Spending more money won’t solve Ontario’s teacher shortage
By Michael Zwaagstra | October 11, 2024
Canadian parents don’t want schools to push students into political activism
By Michael Zwaagstra, Paige MacPherson | September 30, 2024
Teacher union wrong to oppose partnership between Saskatchewan schools
By Michael Zwaagstra | September 26, 2024
More money hasn’t improved B.C. schools
By Michael Zwaagstra | September 9, 2024
Toronto school board’s Chromebook fixation will damage student ability to learn
By Michael Zwaagstra | September 4, 2024
Ontario’s new education minister must control civil servants and school boards
By Michael Zwaagstra | September 3, 2024
Ontario education spending up but student performance is down
By Michael Zwaagstra | August 27, 2024
More money not the answer for schools—just look at Alberta
By Michael Zwaagstra | August 26, 2024
Education spending waaaaay up in Nova Scotia yet problems persist
By Michael Zwaagstra | August 22, 2024
Education Spending in Public Schools in Canada, 2024 Edition
By Michael Zwaagstra, Max Shang, Alicia Kardos | August 22, 2024
School boards need leaders who focus on education not politics
By Michael Zwaagstra | June 10, 2024
Ontario’s Canadian history curriculum remains a confusing mess
By Michael Zwaagstra | June 7, 2024
Ontario can learn from Alberta and save small schools
By Michael Zwaagstra | May 27, 2024
Ontario government’s smartphone restrictions in schools don’t go nearly far enough
By Paige MacPherson, Michael Zwaagstra | May 10, 2024
All high school graduates should be able to pass the citizenship test
By Michael Zwaagstra | May 7, 2024
B.C. schools highlight Canada’s ‘discriminatory’ past while ignoring broad view of history
By Michael Zwaagstra | May 6, 2024
Canadian History Untold: Assessing the K–12 Curriculum Guides in British Columbia and Ontario
By Michael Zwaagstra | April 25, 2024
Solar eclipse school closures underscore impact of learning loss
By Michael Zwaagstra | April 15, 2024
Nova Scotia shouldn’t lower standards to address teacher shortage
By Michael Zwaagstra | March 25, 2024
School board shouldn’t let non-graduating students walk across the stage
By Michael Zwaagstra | March 22, 2024
Manitoba government wisely reverses course on plan to scrap exams
By Paige MacPherson, Michael Zwaagstra | March 15, 2024
More parental involvement in Alberta schools will benefit students
By Michael Zwaagstra, Paige MacPherson | February 27, 2024
Ontario families deserve more school choice
By Michael Zwaagstra | January 23, 2024
Some New Year’s resolutions for Ontario’s education minister
By Michael Zwaagstra | January 3, 2024
School board trustees should embrace genuine diversity and avoid unnecessary legal fights
By Michael Zwaagstra | December 27, 2023
Plummeting math scores should trigger change in Canadian classrooms
By Paige MacPherson, Michael Zwaagstra | December 15, 2023
Solve teacher shortage by paying some teachers more money
By Michael Zwaagstra | November 30, 2023
Ontario government created own ‘de-streaming’ debacle in schools
By Michael Zwaagstra | November 29, 2023
Holocaust education in schools is a good start—and shows why facts matter
By Michael Zwaagstra, Paige MacPherson | November 8, 2023
Public schools should remain neutral on gender identity and other controversial issues
By Michael Zwaagstra | November 3, 2023
Schools must allow teachers to regain control of their classrooms
By Michael Zwaagstra | October 27, 2023
Student performance on the wane in B.C.
By Michael Zwaagstra | October 6, 2023
Teachers should prioritize teaching over union activism
By Michael Zwaagstra | October 3, 2023
Training teachers—education courses are basically useless
By Michael Zwaagstra | September 12, 2023
B.C.’s new curriculum will shortchange students
By Michael Zwaagstra | September 5, 2023
Don’t believe teachers' unions that say Ontario schools are underfunded
By Michael Zwaagstra | August 29, 2023
Education Spending in Public Schools in Canada, 2023 Edition
By Michael Zwaagstra, Nathaniel Li, Milagros Palacios | August 29, 2023
Reading skills on the wane in Canadian schools
By Michael Zwaagstra | August 21, 2023
Woke ideology destroying diversity of thought in schools
By Michael Zwaagstra | August 3, 2023
Provinces should allow schools to schedule their own schoolyears
By Michael Zwaagstra | July 19, 2023
Parents need more information to choose the right school
By Michael Zwaagstra | July 14, 2023
Empower parents, not the educational bureaucracy
By Michael Zwaagstra | July 7, 2023
Don’t make student failure impossible—sometimes it’s necessary
By Michael Zwaagstra | June 30, 2023
Ideology trumps merit in Toronto schools
By Michael Zwaagstra | June 27, 2023
More money for teachers won’t make public schools better
By Michael Zwaagstra | June 26, 2023
Alberta offers more school choice than any other province
By Michael Zwaagstra | June 22, 2023
Families in Atlantic Canada face lowest levels of school choice in the country
By Michael Zwaagstra | June 19, 2023