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The Putting Student Achievement First Act, 2026: Same Issues, Different Job Title
The Putting Student Achievement First Act, 2026 names trustees as the governance failure and then keeps them as the hiring authority for the CEO. A close read of the Media…
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Shorter Programs, Same Problems: Why Ontario’s B.Ed Reform Misses the Point
The province is redesigning the pipeline without fixing what flows through it. Until faculties of education teach evidence-based literacy and mathematics instruction, program length is a distraction. School Board Research…
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Following the Money: Executive Compensation and Board Spending Under Scrutiny
Ontario’s publicly funded school boards face real financial pressures. Declining enrolment, rising costs, and growing demands on front-line staff are widely acknowledged. But the conversation about funding is incomplete without…
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Violence in Ontario Schools: What the Evidence Shows and What Parents Need to Know
Violence in Ontario’s publicly funded schools has risen by 77% since 2018–19, according to data obtained by Global News through Freedom of Information requests to the Ministry of Education.[1] In…
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The 2026 Ontario Budget and K–12 Education: What Parents and Communities Need to Know
An analysis of the education-related provisions in Ontario’s 2026 Budget, “A Plan to Protect Ontario,” released March 26, 2026. The 2026 Ontario Budget arrives at a moment of considerable fiscal…
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The Cover-Up Culture: How Boards Control the Narrative on School Safety
When a serious incident occurs at a school — an assault, a threat, a pattern of violence — parents expect transparency. They expect to be told what happened, what is…
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The Audit Results Are In: Ontario School Boards Are Failing on Code of Conduct Compliance
Policy/Program Memorandum 128 (PPM 128) is not a suggestion. It is a Ministry of Education mandate governing student behaviour and school safety — the provincial baseline that every publicly funded…
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The Impact of Board-Level Policy on Classroom Inclusion
Does Inclusive Leadership Stop at the School Door? Inclusive leadership in education is often framed as something that happens inside schools—inside classrooms, inside professional learning communities, inside carefully bounded institutional…