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University in Ontario is cheaper than you think
Over the last 20 years, university has become more affordable for all students. Meanwhile, tuition for low-income students has dropped to especially low, even negative, levels. The confusion over whether school is becoming less or more affordable stems from a misunderstanding of how to measure the cost. In particular, some fail to consider that the real cost of university is tuition minus grants — net tuition.
Tags: budget, ideology, standard of living, tax, youth
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There’s nothing ‘conservative’ about overstuffed classrooms
… when you have a child with “special” needs, you enter another universe. It’s not just about your child, but the kids you meet who have even greater challenges, and in many cases, whose parents cannot afford help. If those children had a fractured leg, they’d get treatment. A fractured mind, not so much… I still believe in personal responsibility. And that includes fiscal responsibility. But I don’t believe in governments making wrong-headed choices that cost more money in the long run. And that includes increasing class size in public schools.
Tags: budget, child care, disabilities, featured, ideology, mental Health, participation, standard of living, tax, youth
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Tim Hudak’s education plan threatens Ontario’s economic future
By ignoring the importance of these programs and the children who will never catch up without them, Hudak’s approach would take a jackhammer to the foundation of the human capital supply chain required for an “all hands on deck” economy… essential to creating jobs… is a coherent and integrated approach to education that begins with early childhood programs… These reduce vulnerabilities in children, preparing them for success
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Dark Days for Our Universities
What is different now is that Canadian post-secondary must depend more and more on less and less government support… post-secondary schools must do as they’re paid to do. If public money dwindles, it must be found in higher student fees, in corporate funding, in recruiting foreign kids desperate for a Canadian degree… when your teachers or professors protest, as they have every right to, that annoys and embarrasses the government. It will punish you for not imposing the “silence of the deans” on them.
Tags: budget, ideology, standard of living, youth
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Universities are confusing accountability with accountancy
Why has the publish-or-perish culture become so alarmingly demanding that it consumes most of a scholar’s time and output and drives some even to fall prey to predatory publishing schemes? The answer, it seems, lies in how peer-review practices, once meant to ensure quality and rigour, have been completely subverted by the “audit culture” so pervasive at institutions of higher learning the globe over.
Tags: ideology, standard of living
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Ontario’s Catholic schools are more contradictory than ever
… what is the point of maintaining separate public and Catholic school systems if an increasing proportion of Catholic school students opt out of the religion part? It seems like a costly indulgence for a province staring at a $12.5-billion deficit and almost $300-billion in debt… Politicians will cite the Constitution as an excuse, although other provinces have cleared that hurdle and there is no constitutional obligation to fund Catholic high schools. What they’re really afraid of are the militant Catholic trustees and parents who could vote them out of office.
Tags: budget, ideology, participation, rights
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Per-student university funding on track to hit lowest level in 50 years
Ontario currently has the lowest level of per-student funding and the highest tuition fees in Canada. Increased public investment would allow universities to preserve the quality of education while ensuring they remain affordable for students and their families… Funding per “eligible” student – those for whom universities receive provincial operating support – will fall 7.5 per cent over the next three years… Whoever forms the next government, it is vital that they reverse this downward trend in funding.
Tags: budget, ideology, participation, privatization, standard of living, youth
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The myth of crushing student debt
Most students do not go to school for free. And some students don’t get enough help. But stories about sky-high tuition… leave out one essential fact. When it comes to tuition… “nobody pays the sticker price.” That’s mainly because of tax credits, which return $2.5-billion a year to students and their parents. Scholarship money has greatly increased, too… Nearly half of all Canadians under 18 now have RESPs in their name, and Canadian families have socked away an astonishing $40-billion in postsecondary savings plans.
Tags: participation, standard of living, youth
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Here’s proof graduates aren’t an underemployed ‘lost generation’
As for the “skills mismatch” narrative which suggests that we’re putting too many people in university and not enough in college, there’s not a shred of evidence. The trends in the data – both the positive and not-so-positive – are exactly the same in both colleges and universities, which suggests a rough balance between the two where labour-market outcomes are concerned.
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Full-day kindergarten offers little academic advantage, study
Full-day kindergartners did fare significantly better in their vocabulary and their ability to control their behaviour and engage in play-based tasks, important elements when it comes to child development, the study showed… the challenge is to improve play-based programs that contribute to lasting change in things like writing and number knowledge
Tags: child care, ideology, multiculturalism, poverty, standard of living, women
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