Education Project
Monitoring the privatization of public education – and resistance to it
With a wide circle of research associates representing all aspects of the education sector, accessible research, case studies and thoughtful commentary and analysis, the Education Project provides a welcome—and often humorous—balance to the rhetoric of market-based education reform that continues to erode our public education system at all levels.
Check out what’s new on our blog, and in our popular magazine Our Schools / Our Selves.
- One: most recent OS/OS issue
- Two: most recent blog post
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Our Schools/Our Selves: Spring 2014
Standardization Nation: In whose interest? The latest issue of Our Schools/Our Selves Standardization Nation looks at who and what is left out of a narrow, outcomes-focused vision of education, and…
Young Workers in Newfoundland and Labrador
Sinking, Swimming, or Treading Water? Download 795.15 KB 30 pages Young people today in Canada face a reality vastly different from the one 20 or 30 years ago, economically and…
Our Schools/Our Selves: Winter 2014
Restacking the Deck: Streaming by class, race and gender in Ontario schools Restacking the Deck: Streaming by class, race and Gender in Ontario schools includes contributions by editors George Martell…
Our Schools/Our Selves: Fall 2013
On the Front Lines: Teachers, Unions, and Social Progress Because unions have always been on the front lines fighting for progressive social change they have always represented a well-funded and…
Rite of Passage
Graduating from high school is a rite of passage, but for students at risk, high school can be an oppressive and intimidating place. Programs like the Gordon Bell Senior Off…
Erika Shaker: Scapegoating youth in the war on progress
In July 2013, Erika Shaker, Director of CCPA’s Education Project, was invited to deliver a lecture at the 2013 Summer Institute—an intensive, two-week, interdisciplinary workshop that invites undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral fellows or…
Infographic: An Education in Inflation
Cost of learning vs. cost of living? The cost of a university education in Canada has risen dramatically since the 90s. Has everything else? Share our infographics and find out…
From Demonized to Organized
Building the New Union Movement “Nora Loreto refreshes the indispensable union movement for the younger generation of Canadians rendered defenseless by avaricious and cruel corporate globalization. Read it and take…
Le coût des études universitaires augmentera de 13 % au cours des quatre prochaines années, selon une étude
CLIQUEZ ICI POUR CONSULTER LE RAPPORT. OTTAWA — La moyenne des frais de scolarité et des frais obligatoires des étudiants du premier cycle dans les universités canadiennes augmentera de presque…
Cost of university education to rise 13% over next four years: study
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT OTTAWA—The average cost of tuition and compulsory fees for Canadian undergraduate students will rise by almost 13% over the next four years, from…
Degrees of Uncertainty
Navigating the changing terrain of university finance Download 952.61 KB42 pages This study looks at trends in tuition and compulsory fees in Canada since 1990, projects fees for each province…
Our Schools/Our Selves: Summer 2013
Creative License: Education, Social Justice and the Arts From teaching dance to elementary school students, to using poetry about conflict in the Middle East to facilitate a classroom discussion about…
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