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Education Policy Commentary Archive

Government monopoly on curriculum limits school choice
By Michael Zwaagstra | March 27, 2023
Education schools do poor job of training teachers
By Michael Zwaagstra | March 21, 2023
More money doesn’t necessarily produce a better education
By Michael Zwaagstra | March 6, 2023
Marks and grades still matter in school
By Michael Zwaagstra | February 23, 2023
Don’t scrap final exams—some stress is good for students
By Michael Zwaagstra | February 21, 2023
ChatGPT underscores importance of traditional education
By Michael Zwaagstra | February 8, 2023
Don’t just blame COVID for Alberta’s falling test scores
By Michael Zwaagstra | January 31, 2023
When it comes to education, government bureaucrats don’t always know best
By Michael Zwaagstra | January 23, 2023
Ontario government has failed to fix math education in the province
By Michael Zwaagstra | January 18, 2023
Erasing Canadian history is a bad idea
By Michael Zwaagstra | January 16, 2023
Useless classroom fads turn students into guinea pigs
By Michael Zwaagstra | December 27, 2022
School choice would help liberate students from bad schools
By Matthew Lau | December 21, 2022
More school choice would help Ontario families flee unsafe schools
By Michael Zwaagstra | December 15, 2022
Woke ideology now dominates Ontario public schools
By Michael Zwaagstra | December 5, 2022
Data refute claims of ‘white supremacy’ in standardized testing
By Matthew Lau | November 24, 2022
Here's what school choice in Ontario could look like for parents
By Paige MacPherson | November 16, 2022
Teach students how to think—not what to think
By Michael Zwaagstra | November 14, 2022
Strikes underscore need for school choice in Ontario
By Paige MacPherson | November 8, 2022
Instead of doing more, schools should do less
By Michael Zwaagstra | October 27, 2022
School boards should focus on academics and order
By Michael Zwaagstra | October 18, 2022
Schools shouldn’t abandon tests and exams
By Michael Zwaagstra | October 17, 2022
Math teachers should teach math—not ‘social justice’
By Matthew Lau | October 12, 2022
Schools must get back to basics
By Derek J. Allison | October 5, 2022
COVID school closures dealt predictable blow to student learning
By Derek J. Allison | September 21, 2022
Canada’s PISA scores—good news, bad news
By Derek J. Allison | September 9, 2022