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All-day kindergarten doesn’t make sense
NationalPost.com – Opinions – All-day kindergarten doesn’t make sense
Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009. National Post
Given Ontario’s massive deficit, why is Premier Dalton McGuinty focused on imposing an expensive, full-day kindergarten program on the province?
Cynics will say that the project is about burnishing his legacy, about leaving future generations of Ontarians something more than red ink. He’s practically said as much, suggesting that once his kindergarten program was passed, “I find it hard to see somebody seeking to undo [it].”
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The right move on early learning
TheStar.com – Opinion/Editorials – The right move on early learning
Published On Wed Oct 28 2009
Starting next September, Ontario’s first wave of kindergarten kids will benefit from a full day of learning because Premier Dalton McGuinty stuck to his promise – despite the economic downturn.
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Can Ontario’s spendaholic premier go cold turkey?
NationalPost.com – Opinions/Full Comment – Can Ontario’s spendaholic premier go cold turkey?
Posted: October 27, 2009. John Ivison
Dalton McGuinty’s stock response to any doubts about whether Ontario could afford his shopping list of 200 or so election promises back in 2003 was that the province couldn’t afford not to.
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Ontario post-secondary education history revisited
TheStar.com – Opinion/Comment – Ontario post-secondary education history revisited: Fiscal responsibility and excellent schools are not contradictory, former premier says
Published On Wed Oct 28 2009. Mike Harris, Ontario Premier, 1995-2002
To benefit from history, we first have to understand it.
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Ontario makes kindergarten plan official
TheGlobeandMail.com – News/National – Ontario makes kindergarten plan official: All four and five year olds will be entitled to full days by 2015 despite an unprecedented deficit
Published on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009. Toronto — Canadian Press
Ontario will move ahead with full-day kindergarten for all four and five year olds despite an unprecedented deficit, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Tuesday.
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Price tag for all-day kindergarten rises $500M
TheStar.com – News/Parentcentral.ca – Price tag for all-day kindergarten rises $500M
October 27, 2009. Kristin Rushowy, Education Reporter
The cash-strapped Ontario government has chosen to spend as much as $500 million a year more than recommended on full-day kindergarten so that teachers will be in charge all day.
As reported by the Star, kindergarten class sizes will be bumped up to 26 children from 20 to help offset the cost, and the phase-in will take five years instead of three.
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For boys, sugar and spice aren’t nice [learning patterns]
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions – For boys, sugar and spice aren’t nice: It’s time to accept that males and females don’t necessarily have the same learning patterns
Published on Friday, Oct. 23, 2009. Lysiane Gagnon
The Toronto District School Board is contemplating establishing a boys-only public elementary school. This wouldn’t be a panacea, but anything that could help reduce the alarming dropout rate among boys – an acute problem in Quebec – is worth trying.
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Provincial gap in tuition fees is growing, StatsCan finds
TheGlobeandMail.com – news/national – Provincial gap in tuition fees is growing, StatsCan finds: Undergrads in Ontario pay an average of $6,000 a year, twice what is charged in Nfld., Quebec; students group seeks federal transfers
Published on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. Last updated on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009. Elizabeth Church
Tuition fees in Ontario are now the highest in the country, with undergraduates paying just shy of $6,000 a year on average, more than double the cost for students who study in the most affordable jurisdictions – Newfoundland and Quebec.
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What happened to Canada’s education advantage?
TheStar.com – Opinion/Comment – What happened to Canada’s education advantage? We steered away just as the world was entering the knowledge economy. When Mike Harris was premier, funding for education was cut by $1 billion, including a 25 per cent cut for universities.
Published On Tue Oct 20 2009. Roger Martin
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Canada failing in university grad stakes
NationalPost.com – NP/full comment – Canada failing in university grad stakes
Posted: October 16, 2009. John Ivison
Canada is “the lucky country”, according to David Naylor.
The soft-spoken University of Toronto president believes – despite its cold fronts, high taxes and maddening federal structure – Canada has the worst system of government, except for all the others.
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