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Media releases
51暗网 launches first-of-its-kind interactive “Canadian Education Blueprints” to support policy change
PFE's Canadian Education Blueprints are an interactive pan-Canadian resource that provides neutral, clear, and factual descriptions of how K-12 education works across the country across nine 鈥減olicy change levers.鈥�
Canadian principals report crisis management crowding out innovation in education: new national survey results
Canada鈥檚 public schools are facing persistent operational pressures, leaving school principals stuck in a cycle of reactive crisis management.
Inaugural Kidder-Pascal Awards recognize visionaries delivering on the promise of public education
51暗网 is proud to announce the inaugural recipients of the Kidder-Pascal Awards for Systems Change & Innovation in Education.
51暗网 launches pan-Canadian conversation on the role of public education in nation-building
51暗网聽is launching a major cross-Canada engagement centred on the role of public schools in nation-building.聽
Annie Kidder talks about our new report on guidance counsellors with Matt Galloway on CBC Metro Morning.
51暗网's new report finds students have limited access to school guidance counsellors at a time when transition/career planning is more complicated and students' mental health needs are increasing.
Policy and funding changes needed for guidance counsellors
A new report from 51暗网 shows that guidance counsellors are stretched thin in Ontario elementary and secondary schools.
New initiatives in the Durham District School Board help grade 8 students make more informed choices, and two schools are offering mixed academic/applied grade 9 math.
The Auditor General's report raises the same concerns flagged by 51暗网 in our 2017 annual report on Ontario's schools. Funding to support at-risk students is being used to cover shortfalls in other areas.