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School closures related to labour disputes and the pandemic prompted some commentators to call for charter schools. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

April 11, 2023

Adding charter schools to Ontario would exacerbate student inequities

Karen Robson, McMaster University and Rochelle Wijesingha, McMaster University

School choice already abounds in Ontario. Adding charter schooling in the name of ‘choice’ won’t help student achievement.

Canadians seem not to want to talk about race and racism, deferring instead to ‘income’ and immigration status when it comes to measuring education success. LeonardoBurgos /Unsplash

December 11, 2018

Why won’t Canada collect data on race and student success?

Karen Robson, McMaster University

News of Canada’s successful immigrant students glosses over important stories of racism, for example the ‘streaming’ of Black males. But without more data beyond Toronto, the story is hard to share.

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