"Education catastrophe" as states may cut 300,000 public school jobs
  Boards making drastic cuts because state money and local property taxes have been hit hard by the recession.

"Hidden horrors" of federal budget threaten waterways, students, women, workers
  Conservatives pursue deregulatory agenda by gutting environment assessment.

Alberta budget spending shell game gets losing grade
  Increases to health care, infrastructure were financed by cuts to other areas, elimination of 800 public service jobs.

Alberta publicly finances four high schools, cancels P3 project
  Ten elementary, middle schools will still be built with more expensive P3 model.

Alberta: threat of more education cuts galvanizes resistance
  Parents, teachers and trustees join forces.

Alternative to Remembrance Day ceremonies, Ed Broadbent moderates event
  Palestinian doctor believes in hope, reconiliation despite personal tragedy.

BC government leaning toward private schools
  The premier 'chairs' a Fraser Institute fundraiser. The Fraser Institute extols private education. Public school advocates are worried.

BC Health Sciences Association blasts government for cutting autism support
  Says "improvement in service" is really $3 million in cuts.

BC poverty election issue as 200 organizations demand government action
  Open letter and petition gives concrete plan for taking on highest poverty rates in country, despite years of growth.

BC public-private partnerships (P3s) questioned by Auditor General, independent review called for
  "Bill of goods" being sold to Canadian taxpayers with privatization.

BC: education grants cut in half
  Critics note cuts will hit the poor hardest.

Bottled Water Free Day campaign on March 11 in schools, universities, colleges
  Public infrastructure such as water fountains not being maintained or installed in new buildings.

Budget 2009: Canada's child care crisis will continue
  Addresses neither old issues, nor new needs of parents in employment upheaval.

C. D. Howe Institute ranks Alberta schools
  Methodology provides lesson in skewing statistics.

Cafeteria kickbacks: corporate food companies bilk millions from taxpayers
  Fraudulent rebate schemes keep local providers out of school, hospital, government kitchens, critics charge.

Cafeteria kickbacks: unhealthy, unethical and pricey
  How food-service providers bilk millions from taxpayers.

Campaign 2000 releases new report cards on child and family poverty
 

Canada falls to 25th in Gender Gap Index, down from 7th in 2004
  UN has strongly criticized Canada on women's poverty, violence to Aboriginal women & girls.

Canada's top scientists reeling from $148 million in cuts to ongoing research
  Brain drain feared as US government set to pump $18 billion into science.

Canadians get more public services than they pay for
  Families in middle 50 percent receive at least half their private incomes in benefits most take for granted - CCPA.

Canadians value public services over tax cuts: new poll
  Nanos Research shows broad support for social safety net in tough times.

Daycare in New Brunswick gets 10-year government funding commitment
  Strategy outlines 39 initiatives aimed at services for early childhood education, parenting, child care.

Defend access to health care based on need: Medicare Pledge from Canadian Health Coalition
  On-line initiative to demonstrate support for public insurance.

Dependence on parent fundraising grows huge gap between public schools
  Trustees for Education discussion paper calls for equity in education.

Deregulated post-secondary education in BC gets failing grade
  Government washes hands of mess, tells students to sue substandard institutions.

Do our federal politicians still believe in Canada?
  Bold, visionary national leadership needed, not more off-loading of responsibilities.

Education IS a public matter
  Complaints about schools reveal privatization's real agenda.

Ending the hidden agenda behind tax cuts
  What happens in the real world when this reasoning is taken to its logical conclusion?

Foreign investment imperils child care
  Press conference cites Aussie experience, NAFTA rules.

Fraser Institute's school rankings more harm than good
  Standardized exams poor way of assessing students.

Full day kindergarten welcomed by parents, advocates, union
  Money spent on early education proven to have long term impact against poverty.

Government has a moral mission - George Lakoff
  Obama won because he identified empathy and aspiration, protection and empowerment as defining properties of democracy.

Green-collar economy taking root in Chicago
  Efforts aim to marry environment, enterprise, social need.

How Canada can beat tough times
  Government bonds would give citizens a choice as to where they direct their support.

How Sault Ste. Marie avoided massive line-ups and anger at their H1N1 clinics
  More effective care in Canada needed to seamlessly link primary health care to public health.

Letter from front line to Flaherty
  Instead of NSA corporate tax cuts, give tax credits for real investments in Canadian economy.

Mantra of fiscal conservatism new phenomenon
  Rather than reduce government programs during recession, we used to increase them.

Most Canadians see municipal infrastructure as key to quality of life
  New poll says 96 percent think funding should be maintained or increased, protected against future offloading.

Most prefer child care to cheques: poll
  Poll reveals Canadians prefer a national child care system to Harper government's $100 monthly cheque by a ration of 2 to 1.

Multinational child care corporation in financial meltdown
  Australian corporation was expanding into BC, Ontario and Alberta.

New film: You, Me and the SPP
  What was the real agenda behind North America's overreaching security agreement? Market accessibility.

New resources, research to help battle privatization in BC
  Lengthy contracts signed with private corporations to operate previously public services.

No deal as deadline passes for Ontario elementary teachers
  Main issue funding gap for students, not wages.

Nova Scotia hospital, school board workers set to strike
  Wage parity, inferior contracts issues before January 11 strike date.

Obama adopts groupthink of standardized testing
  Progressives started Ontario schools down this slippery slope to placate conservatives.

OISE survey good news for public educators
  Ontario poll confirms support for public education and opposition to privatization.

On the heels of federal-provincial budget talks: a real plan to deal with the economic crisis
  Cutting interest rates is not enough

Ontario college workers set to walk out in February
  Strike mandate tells management it's time to negotiate seriously.

Ontario comes up snake eyes on education with HST gamble
  McGuinty puts early learning strategy, health, social services at risk.

Ontario community college teachers set to strike
  Negotiations broke down when colleges walked away from the table.

Ontario elementary teachers say standardized testing doesn't work
  Eliminating EQAO and letting teachers teach would save money, produce results - ETFO.

Ontario's school funding falling behind: Study
  Province ranks 54 out of 64 Canadian and American jurisdictions.

Ontario: new "transactional" schools gaining ground
  Make education relevant and thought-provoking, not about regurgitating facts, proponents say.

Part-time college workers struggle to organize in Ontario
  Refusing to count ballots in part-time faculty vote is one of many stalling tactics - OPSEU.

Planned cuts to Ontario child care programs will leave low-income, special needs families without care
  Job losses and increased demand for welfare will outweigh savings from cuts.

PM urged to "put people first" in budget
  Economic recovery needs quality public services, retirement security, adequate EI benefits.

Privatization, casualization global trends in higher education
  Casualization brings poor working conditions, low wages and a decline in qualifications of academic staff.

Privatization: a reality check
  Canadians really do not want to privatize the public services that are most important to them.

Privatized public schools in USA underwhelm critics
  Studies prove public schools get disproportionate share of the neediest students, yet still do as well - or better.

Progressive policy leader Quebec winning the baby race
  Family and child-friendly policies help bring birth rate above national average.

Public Service, anyone?
  After a crisis, rediscover do-gooding.

Quebec Auditor General asked to investigate university P3s
  Rising costs, untendered contracts raise red flags.

Report supporting public private partnerships (P3s) "biased and superficial"
  Privatizing schools in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick not proven cost effective.

Report: "significant downsides" to privatization
  Examines risk, responsibility, accountability, effect on jobs, exit strategy of P3s.

Research backs up public daycare for quality, cost, inclusion
  Substantial body of North American research concludes:commercial status means poorer quality.

Rising borrowing costs could hike cost of Alberta's P3 school projects
  Economic consultant: will cost at least 50 percent more to build schools than through public sector.

Saskatchewan Crowns (corporations) on endangered species list
  Grassroots group fights to save affordable, accessible services from extinction.

Spend early on children, says OECD
  New report compares public spending, policies for children with child-wellbeing in different countries.

Standardized testing: failing grade
  Time-consuming, high stress test has questionable merit, say Ontario teachers.

Steady cutbacks to education funding in BC while expectations rise
  Shortfall crisis has left school districts scrambling to lever down spending by eliminating programs, staff and services.

Students hit by record youth unemployment, assistance cuts
  Summer job dearth for 15 to 24 year olds breaks all previous records.

Subsistence wages, job security at heart of York University strike
  With accumulated surplus, hiding behind the current economic recession is deceptive, spokesperson says.

Sympathy, kindness keys to human survival - UC Berkeley
  Study contradicts common concept of survival of the fittest.

The plan: strong economy, fair society, clean environment
  Reports, petition, Facebook group promote ways to change Canadian society for the better.

Toronto strike: no contract, no service is basic business sense, not "public sector monopoly"
  Why demand concessions from workers while those who caused crisis get billions in bailouts?

Troubled Australian firm chosen to build, maintain 18 Alberta schools
  Company plagued by layoffs, resignations, massive debt and stock devaluation.

Unfair funding distribution hurts schools across BC - trustees, parents, teachers, staff
  Citizens groups turn up heat on Campbell government.

UNICEF flunks Canada on child care
  Report card on Early Childhood Education and Care program ranks Canada at the bottom.

Unreleased government report on water crisis in Canada made public
  Warns of jurisdictional conflict with US, unsustainable industrial consumption.

US needs trillion dollar recovery package
  'You can't put out a forest fire with a squirt gun,' says Congressional Progressive Caucus.

What is education for?
  Students aren't customers; education is not a commodity – argues author.