The Toronto Star – Barb Bierman
“It has never been true that the only real choice for most families is the local public school, but the government certainly wants us to believe that and live in fear of a phantom mass exodus of the best students, teachers and principals from public schools to independent schools and alternative programs. In fact, in all other jurisdictions where government supports greater educational choice, 90 per cent of kids stick with public schools anyway but the healthy competition makes all schools work harder to deliver results.”(more)