Government funding requirements for schools in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Quebec restrict parents’ choices and “stifle” the opportunity for innovative curriculum, a recent study says.
The Fraser Institute report, Parental Choice, Independent Schools, and the Provincial Regulation of Curriculum in Canada, looks at school funding models of the five provinces, which require all schools, including independent ones, to follow the provincial curriculum.
“The public good of an equitable, high quality, and meaningful education for all young people would be better achieved through a more diversified education system where a variety of publicly supported but independently managed schools offer curriculum choices alongside legacy style government-run schools,” study author Derek Allison wrote….