Canadians’ confidence in public education is declining. We present new evidence, both attitudinal and behavioural, confirming this trend. More significantly, we investigate several possible explanations for the trend, including demographic as well as institutional perspectives. Our analysis finds little support for demographic shifts as an explanation, but we do find that confidence in all institutions, not just public education, is waning. We compare and contrast various interpretations of these findings, building especially on the themes of the knowledge society and the risk society. We interpret these findings as showing that Canadians see schooling as increasingly important. La confiance des canadiens dans l’enseignement public n’est pl...
In the United States the education premium - the ratio of the earnings of university graduates to th...
While a single survey is a snapshot of a given moment in time, a series of surveys on the same topic...
The OISE/UT Survey was conducted and published annually between 1978 and 1980, and biennially from 1...
In 2016, Ontario’s Ministry of Education unveiled their ‘new’ vision for the purpose of education wi...
Currently, over one-third of Canadian families have opted to enroll their children in private educat...
This article is a revised version of a paper I was asked to prepare for the International Scholars’ ...
In Anglophone countries, narratives of public schooling tend to emphasise generic hopes about school...
Canada is shown, in a comparison with 23 other industrialized nations, to have distinctively low rat...
The OISE/UT Survey has been conducted and published biennially since 1980. It is the only regular, p...
In recent years, throughout Canada, there has been an emphasis on the need for increased community i...
In this article I explore the debate about common schooling in an increasingly diverse and less defe...
Declining student enrolment is a phenomenon being faced by many school authorities throughout Canada...
Quebec leads the nation in the percentage of its school-age population in private schools. Among oth...
The OISE/UT Survey has been conducted and published biennially since 1980. It is the only regular, p...
Accountability structures and processes have become such an integral part of education policy develo...
In the United States the education premium - the ratio of the earnings of university graduates to th...
While a single survey is a snapshot of a given moment in time, a series of surveys on the same topic...
The OISE/UT Survey was conducted and published annually between 1978 and 1980, and biennially from 1...
In 2016, Ontario’s Ministry of Education unveiled their ‘new’ vision for the purpose of education wi...
Currently, over one-third of Canadian families have opted to enroll their children in private educat...
This article is a revised version of a paper I was asked to prepare for the International Scholars’ ...
In Anglophone countries, narratives of public schooling tend to emphasise generic hopes about school...
Canada is shown, in a comparison with 23 other industrialized nations, to have distinctively low rat...
The OISE/UT Survey has been conducted and published biennially since 1980. It is the only regular, p...
In recent years, throughout Canada, there has been an emphasis on the need for increased community i...
In this article I explore the debate about common schooling in an increasingly diverse and less defe...
Declining student enrolment is a phenomenon being faced by many school authorities throughout Canada...
Quebec leads the nation in the percentage of its school-age population in private schools. Among oth...
The OISE/UT Survey has been conducted and published biennially since 1980. It is the only regular, p...
Accountability structures and processes have become such an integral part of education policy develo...
In the United States the education premium - the ratio of the earnings of university graduates to th...
While a single survey is a snapshot of a given moment in time, a series of surveys on the same topic...
The OISE/UT Survey was conducted and published annually between 1978 and 1980, and biennially from 1...